sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
rejectedCreated: Oct. 15, 2013
Proposer: Matthias Lankhorst
Proposed Date: 2013-10-09
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Change Date: Oct. 15, 2013, 1:43 p.m.
Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_carbon_in_sea_water
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P061/current/KSP2
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Change Date: Dec. 3, 2015, 3:42 p.m.
Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: KSP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
Change Date: Dec. 3, 2015, 3:43 p.m.
Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: KSP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "Sinking" is the gravitational settling of particulate matter suspended in a liquid. A sinking flux is positive downwards and is calculated relative to the movement of the surrounding fluid. Sinking mass flux is understood as dry mass, i.e. weighed after water has evaporated. The phrase "expressed_as" is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A.