sw.specific.heat {oce}R Documentation

Seawater specific heat

Description

Compute specific heat of seawater.

Usage

  C.P <- sw.specific.heat(S, t, p);

Arguments

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

Details

Based on matlab code on ftp://acourstics.whoi.edu/pub/Matlab/oceans, which was in turn based on Millero et al (1973, 1981).

Value

Specific heat J/(kg degC)

Author(s)

Dan Kelley Dan.Kelley@Dal.Ca

References

Millero et. al., J. Geophys. Res. 78 (1973), 4499-4507

Millero et. al., UNESCO report 38 (1981), 99-188.

See Also

Examples

 C.P <- sw.specific.heat(40, 40, 10000) # 3949.500

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