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Parameter: CO2

Dataset: 
Comeau 2014 MEPS: carbonate chemistry
Parameter: 
carbon dioxide
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 CO2
Short Description:
 carbon dioxide
Official Name:
 CO2
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Carbon dioxide: A one-carbon compound with formula CO2 in which the carbon is attached to each oxygen atom by a double bond. A colourless, odourless gas under normal conditions, it is produced during respiration by all animals, fungi, and microorganisms that depend directly or indirectly on living or decaying plants for food.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
CO2
Supplied Units: 
umol/kg
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Carbon dioxide. Calculated using seacarb (Lavigne & Gattuso 2011)