gsw_cp

isobaric heat capacity

Contents

USAGE:

cp = gsw_cp(SA,t,p)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the isobaric heat capacity of seawater.
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heat capacity.

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:

cp   =   heat capacity of seawater                          [ J/(kg*K) ]

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;]
cp = gsw_cp(SA,t,p)
cp =
1.0e+003 *
 4.002888003958537
 4.000980283927373
 3.995546468894633
 3.985076769021370
 3.973593843482723
 3.960184084786622

AUTHOR:

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

VERSION NUMBER:

2.0 (23rd July, 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.
  See section (2.20) of this TEOS-10 manual.
  
 The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org