Change Date: Oct. 15, 2013, 1:46 p.m.

Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_carbon_in_sea_water

Unit: kg m-2 s-1

Unit ref: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P061/current/KSP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

Change Date: Dec. 3, 2015, 4:03 p.m.

Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

Unit: kg m-2 s-1

Unit ref: KSP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

Change Date: Dec. 3, 2015, 4:04 p.m.

Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_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.

Change Date: March 3, 2016, 12:09 a.m.

Term: sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_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. "Particulate matter" includes particles composed of both organic and inorganic chemical species.