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SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterMedwin: speed of sound (m/s) in sea water from Medwin 1975

Description

Returns the speed of sound (m/s) (approximation) Range of validity: limited to 1000 meters in depth

Usage

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterMedwin(temperatureC, D, S)

Arguments

temperatureC,

temperature in degrees Celsius

D,

depth in meters

S,

salinity in parts per thousand

Value

the speed of sound (m/s)

Source

X Lurton, 2002 An Introduction to Underwater Acoustics, 1st ed. London, Praxis Publishing LTD

References

Medwin H, 1975 Speed of sound in water: A simple equation for realistic parameters Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 58, 1318-1319, 1975

Examples

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterMedwin(0, 1, 30)