sw.lapse.rate {oce}R Documentation

Seawater lapse rate

Description

Compute adiabatic lapse rate

Usage

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

Arguments

S salinity [PSU]
t in-situ temperature [degC]
p pressure [dbar]

Details

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

Value

Lapse rate [degC/m].

Author(s)

Dan Kelley Dan.Kelley@Dal.Ca

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

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