LEVITUS94 MONTHLY potdens: potential density data

MONTHLY potential density from LEVITUS94: World Ocean Atlas 1994, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales. Superceeded by WOA98.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Depth
grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (0.0) (10.0) (20.0) (30.0) (50.0) (75.0) (100.0) (125.0) (150.0) (200.0) (250.0) (300.0) (400.0) (500.0) (600.0) (700.0) (800.0) (900.0) (1000.0)] :grid

Other Info

CE
null
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
file_missing_value
NaN
fnname
densa
missing_value
NaN
units
g /cm3 above 1
standard units*
1000 ( kilogram meter-3 above 1000 )
history
LEVITUS94 MONTHLY theta
World Ocean Atlas CD-ROM, Levitus et al., 1994
theta $theta$
LEVITUS94 MONTHLY sal
World Ocean Atlas CD-ROM, Levitus et al., 1994

References

M.E. Conkright, S. Levitus, T.P. Boyer. World Ocean Atlas 1994 Volume 1: Nutrients, number 1, 1994

S. Levitus, T.P. Boyer. World Ocean Atlas 1994 Volume 2: Oxygen, number 2, 1994

S. Levitus, R. Burgett, T.P. Boyer. World Ocean Atlas 1994 Volume 3: Nutrients, number 3, 1994

S. Levitus, T.P. Boyer. World Ocean Atlas 1994 Volume 4: Temperature, number 4, 1994

Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

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