slug: subsurface-salinity
name: Subsurface Salinity
domain: ocean
subdomain: physical
authorities:
  - gcos: subsurface-salinity
  - goos: subsurface-salinity
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/PSAL/
  cf_standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: salinity
    entity: sea-water
  gcos_overlap: gcos:subsurface-salinity
canonical_units: "1e-3"
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Salinity profile beneath the ocean surface from Argo, deep Argo, ships
  and moorings. Combined with subsurface temperature defines water masses
  and the global meridional overturning circulation.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/subsurface-salinity
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/subsurface-salinity/