The density–salinity relation of standard seawater

Schmidt, Hannes; Seitz, Steffen; Hassel, Egon; Wolf, Henning

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-15-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-15-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-15-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Research article

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04 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 04 Jan 2018

The density–salinity relation of standard seawater

Hannes Schmidt, Steffen Seitz, Egon Hassel, and Henning Wolf

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee review of paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Response to 'Referee Review of Paper'', Hannes Schmidt, 19 Sep 2017
  - RC2: 'Reply from reviewer', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2017
    - AC2: 'Respone to RC2', Hannes Schmidt, 25 Sep 2017
RC3: 'Review publi OSD H. Schmidt et al.: “The density-salinity relation of standard seawater”', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Sep 2017
- AC3: 'Response to RC3', Hannes Schmidt, 27 Sep 2017
  - RC4: 'Comments on the response to RC3', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Sep 2017
    - AC4: 'Response to RC4', Hannes Schmidt, 02 Oct 2017
      - RC5: 'Response to RC4', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Oct 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Hannes Schmidt on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Nov 2017) by Mario Hoppema

AR by Hannes Schmidt on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

A new density–salinity relation of standard seawater was developed based on highly accurate density measurements. The comparison of densities calculated using the new relation with those using the reference equation of state TEOS-10 showed significant deviations that are likely caused by accuracy overestimations of some density data underlying TEOS-10 and EOS-80. The new relation enables the determination of seawater density from salinity and vice versa with unprecedented accuracy.