dens
Unecso '81 density (insitu) of seawaterT S P dens
| Arguments | ||
|---|---|---|
| label | type | description |
| T | variable | Temperature |
| S | variable | Salinity |
| P | variable | Pressure |
| Returns | ||
| density | variable | Unecso '81 density (insitu) of seawater |
Description
dens calculates the density of
seawater (in g/cm3) given input variables temperature (T),
salinity (S), and pressure (P), in that order, using the international
equation of state for seawater, IES80 (UNESCO 1981).
Reference
UNESCO,
1981: Tenth report of the joint panel on oceanographic tables and
standards. UNESCO Tech. Paper in Marine Science 36, 25pp.
Example
The
following example calculates the density of seawater based on samples of
measured temperature, salinity, and pressure from the full data set of
GEOSECS observational profiles.
SOURCES
.GEOSECS .TEMP
SOURCES .GEOSECS .SAL
SOURCES .GEOSECS .PRESS