gsw_specvol_CT_exact

specific volume

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USAGE:

specvol_CT_exact = gsw_specvol_CT_exact(SA,CT,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates specific volume from Absolute Salinity, Conservative
Temperature and pressure.
Note that this function uses the full Gibbs function.  There is an 
alternative to calling this function, namely gsw_specvol(SA,CT,p), 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".
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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 and CT are MxN.

OUTPUT:

specvol_CT_exact  =  specific volume                               [ 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;]
specvol_CT_exact = gsw_specvol_CT_exact(SA,CT,p)
specvol_CT_exact =
 1.0e-003 *
   0.978626618725186
   0.978222134953103
   0.976154774939840
   0.972961213383549
   0.971026778012244
   0.968989993773259

AUTHOR:

 Trevor McDougall and 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. (2.7.2) 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. 
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