gsw_osmotic_coefficient

osmotic coefficient

Contents

USAGE:

osmotic_coefficient  = gsw_osmotic_coefficient(SA,t,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the osmotic coefficient of seawater.

INPUT:

SA =  Absolute Salinity                                         [ g/kg ]
t  =  in-situ temperature (ITS-90)                             [ deg C ]
p  =  sea pressure                                              [ dbar ]
      (ie. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar)
SA & t need to have the same dimensions.
p may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where SA & t are MxN.

OUTPUT:

osmotic coefficient   =  osmotic coefficient of seawater    [ unitless ]

EXAMPLE:

SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
t =  [28.7856; 28.4329; 22.8103; 10.2600;  6.8863;  4.4036;]
p =  [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]
osmotic_coefficient  = gsw_osmotic_coefficient(SA,t,p)
osmotic_coefficient =
 0.902847177948536
 0.902986238880573
 0.902388659002806
 0.898809266717742
 0.898010536533592
 0.897679115176392

AUTHOR:

Trevor McDougall and Paul Barker        [ help_gsw@csiro.au ]

VERSION NUMBER:

2.0 (28th September, 2010)

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.
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org