gsw_latentheat_melting

latent heat of melting

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USAGE:

latentheat_melting = gsw_latentheat_melting(SA,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates latent heat, or enthalpy, of melting.  It is defined in terms
of Absolute Salinity, SA, and sea pressure, p, and is valid in the  
ranges 0 < SA < 42 g/kg and 0 < p < 10,000 dbar.  The errors range 
between -0.4 and 0.3 J/kg.
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latent heat of melting.

INPUT:

SA  =  Absolute Salinity                                        [ g/kg ]
p   =  sea pressure                                             [ dbar ]
       ( i.e. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )
SA & p need to have the same dimensions.

OUTPUT:

latentheat_melting  =  latent heat of melting                   [ J/kg ]

EXAMPLE:

SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
p =  [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]
latentheat_melting = gsw_latentheat_melting(SA,p)
latentheat_melting =
   1.0e+005 *
   3.299495187300804
   3.298611954422526
   3.297124383647952
   3.294972884747496
   3.288480015369891
   3.280715953443947

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (16th 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 section 3.3 of this TEOS-10 Manual.
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org