Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4535451 Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Optical salinity sensors described here measure directly the seawater refractive index and thus enable a measurement of the seawater density and composition variation. We detail the measurement dependence to environmental parameters (in particular temperature and pressure) compared to conductivity sensors, and demonstrate that it may be advantageous to directly measure refractive index rather than electrical conductivity and so obtain a more direct route to density and absolute salinity.

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