gsw_Turner_Rsubrho

Turner angle & Rsubrho (48-term equation)

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USAGE:

[Tu, Rsubrho, p_mid] = gsw_Turner_Rsubrho(SA,CT,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the Turner angle and the Rsubrho as a function of pressure
down a vertical water column.  These quantities express the relative
contributions of the vertical gradients of Conservative Temperature and
Absolute Salinity to the vertical stability (the square of the
Brunt-Vaisala Frequency squared, N^2).  Tu and Rsubrho are evaluated at
the mid pressure between the individual data points in the vertical.
This function uses computationally-efficient 48-term expression for
density in terms of SA, CT and p (McDougall et al., 2011).
Note that the 48-term equation has been fitted in a restricted range of 
parameter space, and is most accurate inside the "oceanographic funnel" 
described in McDougall et al. (2011).  The GSW library function 
"gsw_infunnel(SA,CT,p)" is avaialble to be used if one wants to test if 
some of one's data lies outside this "funnel".
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INPUT:

SA  =  Absolute Salinity                                        [ g/kg ]
CT  =  Conservative Temperature                                [ deg C ]
p   =  sea pressure                                             [ dbar ]
       ( i.e. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )
SA & CT need to have the same dimensions,
p may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where SA & CT are MxN.

OUTPUT:

Tu       =  Turner angle, on the same (M-1)xN grid as p_mid.
            Turner angle has units of:           [ degrees of rotation ]
Rsubrho  =  Stability Ratio, on the same (M-1)xN grid as p_mid.
            Rsubrho is dimensionless.                       [ unitless ]
p_mid    =  mid pressure between the indivual points of the p grid.
            That is, p_mid is on a (M-1)xN grid in the vertical.
            p_mid has units of:                                 [ dbar ]

EXAMPLE:

SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
CT = [28.8099; 28.4392; 22.7862; 10.2262;  6.8272;  4.3236;]
p =  [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]
[Tu, Rsubrho, p_mid] = gsw_Turner_Rsubrho(SA,CT,p)
Tu =
  -2.064830032393999
  41.758285540907067
  47.607293931126598
  53.714708172363480
  45.527415163693554
Rsubrho =
 1.0e+002 *
  -0.009304018848608
  -0.176556664605209
   0.219600192807469
   0.065238283043563
   1.086319945640579
p_mid =
 1.0e+002 *
   0.300000000000000
   0.875000000000000
   1.875000000000000
   4.250000000000000
   8.000000000000000

AUTHOR:

Trevor McDougall & Paul Barker                      [ help@teos-10.org ]

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (26th August, 2010)

REFERENCES:

IOC, SCOR and IAPSO, 2010: The international thermodynamic equation of
 seawater - 2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties.
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Manuals and Guides No. 56,
 UNESCO (English), 196 pp.  Available from the TEOS-10 web site.
  See Eqns. (3.15.1) and (3.16.1) of this TEOS-10 Manual.
McDougall T.J., P.M. Barker, R. Feistel and D.R. Jackett, 2011:  A 
 computationally efficient 48-term expression for the density of 
 seawater in terms of Conservative Temperature, and related properties
 of seawater.  To be submitted to Ocean Science Discussions. 
 The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org