
swRho(salinity, temperature=NULL, pressure=NULL)
temperature
and pressure
must be provided) or
a ctd
object (in which case salinity
,
temperature
and pressure
arctd
object, then salinity,
temperature and pressure values are extracted from it, and used for
the calculation.The density is calculated using the UNESCO equation of state for seawater, assuming that input variables are defined according to modern calibrations. In conventional Oceanographic notation, the calculated quantity is $\rho(S,t,p)$
swSigma
,
swSigmaT
, and
swSigmaTheta
.rho <- swRho(35, 13, 1000) # 1030.818}
<references>Fofonoff, P. and R. C. Millard Jr, 1983. Algorithms for
computation of fundamental properties of seawater. <em>Unesco
Technical Papers in Marine Science</em>, <b>44</b>, 53 pp
Gill, A.E., 1982. <em>Atmosphere-ocean Dynamics</em>, Academic Press, New
York, 662 pp.</references>
[object Object]
<keyword>misc</keyword>
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