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Chemical oceanography

the 1978 definition of salinity from the conductivity ratio of seawater to a standard potassium chloride solution, reported without units.

In chemical oceanography, practical salinity scale refers to the 1978 definition of salinity from the conductivity ratio of seawater to a standard potassium chloride solution, reported without units. This meaning comes from Lewis (1981) in Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers.[1]

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Lewis, E. L., & Perkin, R. G. (1981). The practical salinity scale 1978: conversion of existing data. Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers, 28(4), 307-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(81)90002-9

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