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USAGE:
[isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25, in_funnel] = gsw_isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25(SA,CT,p,pr)
DESCRIPTION:
Calculates the ratio of alpha_CT/beta_CT at pressure p to that at
pressure pr. This function uses the computationally-efficient 25-term
expression for density in terms of SA, CT & p (McDougall et al., 2010).
INPUT:
SA = Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ]
CT = Conservative Temperature [ deg C ]
p = sea pressure [ dbar ]
(ie. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar)
pr = reference pressure [ dbar ]
(ie. absolute reference pressure - 10.1325 dbar)
SA & CT need to have the same dimensions.
p & pr may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where SA & CT
are MxN
OUTPUT:
isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25
= The ratio of alpha_CT/beta_CT evaluated at
pressure p to that at pressure pr. [ unitless ]
in_funnel = 0, if SA, CT and p are outside the "funnel"
= 1, if SA, CT and p are inside the "funnel"
Note. The term "funnel" describes the range of SA, CT and p over which
the error in the fit of the computationally-efficient 25-term
expression for density was calculated (McDougall et al., 2010).
EXAMPLE:
SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
CT = [28.8099; 28.4392; 22.7862; 10.2262; 6.8272; 4.3236;]
p = [ 10; 50; 125; 250; 600; 1000;]
pr = 0;
[isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25, in_funnel] = ...
gsw_isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25(SA,CT,p,pr)
isopycnal_slope_ratio_CT25 = in_funnel =
1.000443300473299 1
1.002247196919216 1
1.007323843523325 1
1.033841543679809 1
1.113488165501534 1
1.257603349708546 1
AUTHOR:
Trevor McDougall, Paul Barker & David Jackett [ gsw_help@csiro.au ]
VERSION NUMBER:
2.0 (26th August, 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 Eqn. (3.17.2) of this TEOS-10 Manual.
McDougall T. J., D. R. Jackett, P. M. Barker, C. Roberts-Thomson, R.
Feistel and R. W. Hallberg, 2010: A computationally efficient 25-term
expression for the density of seawater in terms of Conservative
Temperature, and related properties of seawater. To be submitted
to Ocean Science Discussions.
This software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org