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Parameter: Xesat

Dataset: 
Global Noble Gases
Parameter: 
No BCO-DMO term
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 no_bcodmo_term
Short Description:
 No BCO-DMO term
Official Name:
 no_bcodmo_term
No Data Value:
Description:
 

An association with a community-wide standard parameter has not yet been made.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Xesat
Supplied Units: 
unitless (percent)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Saturation anomaly of Xe in percent. 0% indicates that the He concentration is equal to that expected at equilibrium for the potential temperature and salinity of the water. ie. Xesat = (Xe/Xeeq - 1) *100 The Xe saturation anomaly is calculated relative to the solubility curve of D. Wood and R. Caputi (1966) "Solubilities of Kr and Xe in fresh and sea water", U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, Technical Report USNRDL-TR-988, San Francisco, CA, pp. 14. These saturation anomaly values are from individual samples. Where a duplicate from the same Niskin was collected and analyzed, the duplicate's value is listed in the second column with the same label appended with "2".