gsw_atomic_weight

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USAGE:

atomic_weight = gsw_atomic_weight

DESCRIPTION:

This function returns the mole-weighted atomic weight of sea salt of
Reference Composition, which is 31.4038218 g/mol.  This has been
defined as part of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale of 2008 
(Millero et al., 2008). 

OUTPUT:

atomic_weight  =  mole-weighted atomic weight of sea salt of Reference 
                  Composition                                    [ g/mol ]

EXAMPLE:

atomic_weight = gsw_atomic_weight

atomic_weight =

31.4038218

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (18th May, 2011)

REFERENCE:

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 http://www.TEOS-10.org
    See Table D.4 of this TEOS-10 Manual.

Millero, F. J., R. Feistel, D. G. Wright, and T. J. McDougall, 2008: 
  The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the 
  Reference-Composition Salinity Scale, Deep-Sea Res. I, 55, 50-72. 
    See Eqn. (5.3) of this paper.   

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