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AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm: Calculation of absorption in sea water from Ainslie and McColm 1998

Description

Returns the absorption in sea water from Ainslie and McColm 1998

Usage

AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm(f, temperatureC, S, D, pH)

Arguments

f,

frequency (kHz)

temperatureC,

temperature in degrees C

S,

salinity in %

D,

depth in meters

pH,

pH

Value

the absorption

Source

National Physical Laboratory, 2015 Calculation of absorption of sound in seawater http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/seaabsorption/

References

Ainslie and McColm 1998 J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 103, No. 3

Examples

AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm(20, 0, 30, 0, 7)