gsw (version 1.0-3)

gsw_beta: Saline contraction coefficient at constant Conservative Temperature. (48-term equation)

Description

Saline contraction coefficient at constant Conservative Temperature. (48-term equation)

Usage

gsw_beta(SA, CT, p)

Arguments

SA

Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]

CT

Conservative Temperature [ deg C ]

p

sea pressure [ dbar ]

Value

saline contraction coefficient at constant Conservative Temperature [ kg/g ]

References

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

See Also

The temperature analogue to this is gsw_alpha; other related functions include gsw_alpha_wrt_t_exact and gsw_alpha_on_beta.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
SA = c(34.7118, 34.8915, 35.0256, 34.8472, 34.7366, 34.7324)
CT = c(28.7856, 28.4329, 22.8103, 10.2600,  6.8863,  4.4036)
p =  c(     10,      50,     125,     250,     600,    1000)
beta <- gsw_beta(SA,CT,p)
# }