gsw_rho

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USAGE:

rho = gsw_rho(SA,CT,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates in-situ density from Absolute Salinity and Conservative
Temperature, using the computationally-efficient 48-term expression
for density in terms of SA, CT and p (McDougall et al., 2011).

Note that potential density with respect to reference pressure, p_ref, is
obtained by calling this function with the pressure argument being p_ref
(i.e. "gsw_rho(SA,CT,p_ref)").

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". 

Click for a more detailed description of in-situ density.

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:

rho  =  in-situ density                                      [ kg m^-3 ]

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;]

rho = gsw_rho(SA,CT,p)

rho = 

1.0e+003 *

   1.021840446566116
   1.022262985174925
   1.024427770449335
   1.027790499661129
   1.029837753532120
   1.032002083264508 

AUTHOR:

Paul Barker and Trevor McDougall         [ 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 appendix A.20 and appendix K 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