satconc {marelac}R Documentation

Saturated concentrations for oxygen, N2 and Ar

Description

Calculates the saturated concentration (solubility) of oxygen, N2 and Ar, for given temperature and salinity

Usage

satconc(S=35, T=25, P=1)

Arguments

S Salinity, -
T Temperature, dgC
P Pressure, atm

Value

a data frame with the saturated concentration of O2, N2, and Ar in micromol/l

Author(s)

Karline Soetaert <k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl>

References

Weiss, R. F. 1970. The solubility of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in water and seawater. Deep-Sea Research 17: 721-735.

Examples

data.frame(Salinity=1:30,satconc(S=1:30,T=0)  )
matplot(1:30,satconc(S=1:30,T=0),xlab="Salinity",ylab="mmol/m3",
        type="l",lwd=2)
legend("topright",c("O2","N2","Ar"),col=1:3,lty=1,lwd=2)
matplot(satconc(S=30,T=-5:35),xlab="Temperature, dgC",ylab="mmol/m3",
        type="l",lwd=2)
legend("topright",c("O2","N2","Ar"),col=1:3,lty=1,lwd=2)

[Package marelac version 1.2-1 Index]