gsw_ionic_strength_from_SA

ionic strength of seawater

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USAGE:

ionic_strength = gsw_ionic_strength_from_SA(SA)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the ionic strength of seawater.

INPUT:

SA =  Absolute Salinity                                         [ g/kg ]

OUTPUT:

ionic_strength  =  ionic strength of seawater                 [ mol/kg ]

EXAMPLE:

SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
ionic_strength = gsw_ionic_strength_from_SA(SA)
ionic_strength =
   0.712981183609951
   0.716805667801764
   0.719660593278309
   0.715862716115311
   0.713508907524334
   0.713419533018609

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (18th May, 2011)

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 Table L.1 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 Eqns. (5.9) and (5.12) of this paper.
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