slug: ocean-bottom-pressure
name: Ocean Bottom Pressure
domain: ocean
subdomain: physical
authorities:
  - gcos: ocean-bottom-pressure
  - goos: ocean-bottom-pressure
authority_id: gcos:ocean-bottom-pressure
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: pressure
    entity: sea-floor
  gcos_overlap: gcos:ocean-bottom-pressure
  goos_eov: ocean-bottom-pressure
canonical_units: Pa
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Pressure at the ocean bottom, indexing the integrated ocean-mass column
  above. Measured by in-situ bottom-pressure recorders and inferred from
  GRACE/GRACE-FO gravimetry; key for mass-redistribution sea-level studies.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/ocean-bottom-pressure
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/ocean-bottom-pressure/