oce (version 0.1.63)

sw.sound.speed: Seawater sound speed

Description

Compute the seawater speed of sound.

Usage

speed <- sw.sound.speed(S, t, p);

Arguments

S

in-situ salinity [PSU]

t

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

p

in-situ pressure [dbar]

Value

• Sound speed [m/s].

Details

The sound speed is calculated using the formulation in section 9 of Fofonoff and Millard (1983).

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. (See section 9.)

See Also

N/A.

Examples

s <- sw.sound.speed(40, 40, 10000) # 1731.995 (p48 of Fofonoff + Millard 1983)