gsw_alpha {gsw} | R Documentation |
Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature, using the 75-term equation for specific volume.
gsw_alpha(SA, CT, p)
SA |
Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ] |
CT |
Conservative Temperature [ degC ] |
p |
sea pressure [dbar], i.e. absolute pressure [dbar] minus 10.1325 dbar |
The present R function works with a wrapper to a C function contained within the GSW-C system (Version 3.05-4 dated 2017-08-07, available at https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-C, as git commit '5b4d959e54031f9e972f3e863f63e67fa4f5bfec'), which stems from the GSW-Fortran system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Fortran) which in turn stems from the GSW-Matlab system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Matlab). Consult http://www.teos-10.org to learn more about these software systems, their authorships, and the science behind it all.
thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature [ 1/K ]
http://www.teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_alpha.html
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SA <- c(34.7118, 34.8915, 35.0256, 34.8472, 34.7366, 34.7324) CT <- c(28.7856, 28.4329, 22.8103, 10.2600, 6.8863, 4.4036) p <- c( 10, 50, 125, 250, 600, 1000) alpha <- gsw_alpha(SA,CT,p) expect_equal(alpha*1e3, c( 0.324464211877393, 0.322610094680523, 0.281335030247435, 0.173529986885424, 0.146898108553385, 0.130265123640082))