oce (version 0.1.63)

sw.lapse.rate: Seawater lapse rate

Description

Compute adiabatic lapse rate

Usage

lr <- sw.lapse.rate(S, t, p);

Arguments

S

salinity [PSU]

t

in-situ temperature [$^\circ$C]

p

pressure [dbar]

Value

• Lapse rate [$deg$C/m].

Details

Compute lapse rate using Fofonoff and Millard's (1983) formula.

References

Fofonoff, P. and R. C. Millard Jr, 1983. Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater. Unesco Technical Papers in Marine Science, 44, 53 pp. (Section 7, pages 38-40)

See Also

N/A.

Examples

lr <- sw.lapse.rate(40, 40, 10000) # 3.255976e-4