gsw (version 1.0-5)

gsw_alpha: Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature

Description

Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature, using the 75-term equation for specific volume.

Usage

gsw_alpha(SA, CT, p)

Arguments

SA

Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]

CT

Conservative Temperature [ degC ]

p

sea pressure [dbar], i.e. absolute pressure [dbar] minus 10.1325 dbar

Value

thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature [ 1/K ]

Details

The present R function works with a wrapper to a C function contained within the GSW-C system (Version 3.05-4 dated 2017-08-07, available at https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-C, as git commit '5b4d959e54031f9e972f3e863f63e67fa4f5bfec'), which stems from the GSW-Fortran system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Fortran) which in turn stems from the GSW-Matlab system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Matlab). Consult http://www.teos-10.org to learn more about these software systems, their authorships, and the science behind it all.

References

http://www.teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_alpha.html

See Also

Other things related to density: gsw_CT_from_rho, gsw_CT_maxdensity, gsw_SA_from_rho, gsw_alpha_on_beta, gsw_alpha_wrt_t_exact, gsw_alpha_wrt_t_ice, gsw_beta_const_t_exact, gsw_beta, gsw_pot_rho_t_exact, gsw_rho_alpha_beta, gsw_rho_first_derivatives_wrt_enthalpy, gsw_rho_first_derivatives, gsw_rho_ice, gsw_rho_t_exact, gsw_rho, gsw_sigma0, gsw_sigma1, gsw_sigma2, gsw_sigma3, gsw_sigma4, gsw_specvol_alpha_beta, gsw_specvol_anom_standard, gsw_specvol_ice, gsw_specvol_t_exact, gsw_specvol

Examples

# NOT RUN {
SA <- c(34.7118, 34.8915, 35.0256, 34.8472, 34.7366, 34.7324)
CT <- c(28.7856, 28.4329, 22.8103, 10.2600,  6.8863,  4.4036)
p <-  c(     10,      50,     125,     250,     600,    1000)
alpha <- gsw_alpha(SA,CT,p)
expect_equal(alpha*1e3, c( 0.324464211877393, 0.322610094680523, 0.281335030247435,
                        0.173529986885424, 0.146898108553385, 0.130265123640082))
# }