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Parameter: O2Arsat

Dataset: 
Continuous underway data
Parameter: 
ratio
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 ratio
Short Description:
 ratio
Official Name:
 ratio
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

A ratio is the relative size of two quantities expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other. The numbers in a ratio may be quantities or measurements of any kind, such as counts, lengths, weights, or concentrations, for example. When two quantities are measured with the same unit, as is often the case, their ratio is a dimensionless number.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
O2Arsat
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

O2/Ar ratio expected if both gases were in equilibrium with the atmosphere, which is a function of Salinity and Temperature (Garcia and Gordon, 1992; Hamme and Emerson, 2007)