Compute depth below the surface (i.e. a positive number within the
water column) based on pressure and latitude. (Use swZ
to get the vertical coordinate, which is negative within the water
column.)
swDepth(pressure, latitude = 45, eos = getOption("oceEOS", default =
"gsw"))either pressure [dbar], in which case lat must also
be given, or a ctd object, in which case lat will be inferred
from the object.
Latitude in \(^\circ\)N or radians north of the equator.
indication of formulation to be used, either "unesco" or
"gsw".
Depth below the ocean surface, in metres.
If eos="unesco" then depth is calculated from pressure using Saunders
and Fofonoff's method, with the formula refitted for 1980 UNESCO equation of
state [1]. If eos="gsw", then gsw_z_from_p from
the gsw package [2,3] is used.
1. Unesco 1983. Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater, 1983. Unesco Tech. Pap. in Mar. Sci., No. 44, 53 pp.
2. IOC, SCOR, and IAPSO (2010). The international thermodynamic equation of seawater-2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties. Technical Report 56, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Manuals and Guide.
3. McDougall, T.J. and P.M. Barker, 2011: Getting started with TEOS-10 and the Gibbs Seawater (GSW) Oceanographic Toolbox, 28pp., SCOR/IAPSO WG127, ISBN 978-0-646-55621-5.
Other functions that calculate seawater properties: T68fromT90,
T90fromT48, T90fromT68,
swAbsoluteSalinity,
swAlphaOverBeta, swAlpha,
swBeta, swCSTp,
swConservativeTemperature,
swDynamicHeight, swLapseRate,
swN2, swPressure,
swRho, swRrho,
swSCTp, swSTrho,
swSigma0, swSigma1,
swSigma2, swSigma3,
swSigma4, swSigmaTheta,
swSigmaT, swSigma,
swSoundAbsorption,
swSoundSpeed, swSpecificHeat,
swSpice, swTFreeze,
swTSrho,
swThermalConductivity,
swTheta, swViscosity,
swZ
# NOT RUN {
d <- swDepth(10, 45)
# }
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