gsw_sigma0_CT_exact

potential density anomaly, being potential density
minus 1000 kg/m^3

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USAGE:

sigma0_CT_exact = gsw_sigma0_CT_exact(SA,CT)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates potential density anomaly with reference sea pressure of
zero dbar.
Note that this function uses the full Gibbs function.  There is an 
alternative to calling this function, namely gsw_sigma1(SA,CT), which
uses the computationally efficient 48-term expression for density in
terms of SA, CT and p (McDougall et al., 2011).
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".
TEOS-10 
Click for a more detailed description of potential
density anomaly with p_ref of 0 dbar (sigma_0).

INPUT:

SA  =  Absolute Salinity                                        [ g/kg ]
CT  =  Conservative Temperature                                [ deg C ]
SA & CT need to have the same dimensions.

OUTPUT:

sigma0_CT_exact  =  potential density anomaly with                     [ kg/m^3 ]
           respect to a reference pressure of 0 dbar,
           that is, this potential density - 1000 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;]
sigma0_CT_exact = gsw_sigma0_CT_exact(SA,CT)
sigma0_CT_exact =
  21.798152387272808
  22.052493577393079
  23.893577037223736
  26.667619272292086
  27.107232725897575
  27.409628653483423

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

3.01 (26th 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 Eqn. (A.30.1) of this TEOS-10 Manual.
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org