sw.T.freeze {oce}R Documentation

Seawater freezing temperature

Description

Compute freezing temperature of seawater.

Usage

T.freeze <- sw.T.freeze(ctd)
T.freeze <- sw.T.freeze(S, p=NULL)

Arguments

ctd an object of class "ctd".
S salinity [PSU]
p pressure [dbar]

Details

In the first form, the argument is a ctd object, from which the salinity and pressure values are extracted and used to for the calculation.

Value

Temperature [degC]

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

References

UNESCO tech. papers in the marine science no. 28. 1978 eighth report JPOTS Annex 6 freezing point of seawater F.J. Millero pp.29-35.

Examples

 T.freeze <-  sw.T.freeze(40, 500) # -2.588567 degC

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