gsw (version 1.0-3)

gsw_alpha: Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature. (48-term equation)

Description

Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature. (48-term equation)

Usage

gsw_alpha(SA, CT, p)

Arguments

SA

Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]

CT

Conservative Temperature [ deg C ]

p

sea pressure [ dbar ]

Value

thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature [ 1/K ]

References

http://www.teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_alpha.html

See Also

The salinity analogue to this is gsw_beta; other related functions include gsw_beta_const_t_exact, gsw_alpha_wrt_t_exact and gsw_alpha_on_beta.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
gsw_alpha(34.7118, 28.7856, 10) # 3.24480399390879e-3
# }