gsw (version 1.0-3)

gsw_alpha_on_beta: Thermal expansion coefficient over haline contraction coefficient (48-term equation)

Description

Thermal expansion coefficient over haline contraction coefficient (48-term equation)

Usage

gsw_alpha_on_beta(SA, CT, p)

Arguments

SA

Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]

CT

Conservative Temperature [ deg C ]

p

sea pressure [ dbar ]

Value

ratio of thermal expansion coefficient to haline contraction coefficient [ (g/kg)/K ]

References

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

See Also

This yields the ratio of the return values from gsw_alpha and gsw_beta, to within computational precision.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
gsw_alpha_on_beta(34.7118, 28.8099, 10) # 0.452454540612631
# }