gsw (version 1.2-0)

gsw_entropy_from_pt: Specific Entropy ito Absolute Salinity and Potential Temperature

Description

Calculates specific entropy in terms of Absolute Salinity and Potential Temperature.

Usage

gsw_entropy_from_pt(SA, pt)

Value

specific entropy [ J/(kg*degC) ]

Arguments

SA

Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]. The valid range for most `gsw` functions is 0 to 42 g/kg.

pt

potential temperature (ITS-90) [ degC ]

Implementation Note

This R function uses a wrapper to a C function contained within the GSW-C system as updated 2022-10-11 at https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-C with git commit `657216dd4f5ea079b5f0e021a4163e2d26893371`.

The C function uses data from the library/gsw_data_v3_0.mat file provided in the GSW-Matlab source code, version 3.06-11. Unfortunately, this version of the mat file is no longer displayed on the TEOS-10.org website. Therefore, in the interests of making GSW-R be self-contained, a copy was downloaded from http://www.teos-10.org/software/gsw_matlab_v3_06_11.zip on 2022-05-25, the .mat file was stored in the developer/create_data directory of https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-R, and then the dataset used in GSW-R was created based on that .mat file.

Please consult http://www.teos-10.org to learn more about the various TEOS-10 software systems.

References

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

See Also

Other things related to entropy: gsw_CT_from_entropy(), gsw_entropy_first_derivatives(), gsw_entropy_from_t(), gsw_entropy_ice(), gsw_pt_from_entropy()

Examples

SA <- c(34.7118, 34.8915, 35.0256, 34.8472, 34.7366, 34.7324)
pt <- c(28.7832, 28.4210, 22.7850, 10.2305,  6.8292,  4.3245)
e <- gsw_entropy_from_pt(SA, pt)
stopifnot(all.equal(e/1e2, c(4.003894674443156, 3.954383994925507, 3.198674385897981,
                             1.467905482842553, 0.986469100565646, 0.627913567234252)))