gsw_kappa_t_exact

isentropic compressibility

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USAGE:

kappa_t_exact = gsw_kappa_t_exact(SA,t,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the isentropic compressibility of seawater.
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compressibility.

INPUT:

SA  =  Absolute Salinity                                        [ g/kg ]
t   =  in-situ temperature (ITS-90)                            [ deg C ]
p   =  sea pressure                                             [ dbar ]
        ( ie. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )
SA & t need to have the same dimensions.
p may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where SA & t are MxN.

OUTPUT:

kappa_t_exact  =  Isentropic compressibility                            [ 1/Pa ]
 Note. The output units are 1/Pa not 1/dbar.

EXAMPLE:

SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
t =  [28.7856; 28.4329; 22.8103; 10.2600;  6.8863;  4.4036;]
p =  [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]
kappa_t_exact = gsw_kappa_t_exact(SA,t,p)
kappa_t_exact =
1.0e-009 *
   0.411245799180373
   0.411029072229334
   0.416539558054756
   0.435668337689072
   0.438923693006423
   0.440037575765429

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (23rd 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 Eqns. (2.16.1) and the row for kappa in Table P.1 of appendix P
  of this TEOS-10 Manual.
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org