gsw_delta_SA

Absolute Salinity anomaly

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USAGE:

delta_SA = gsw_delta_SA(p,long,lat)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the Absolute Salinity anomaly.
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Absolute Salinity anomaly.

INPUT:

p     =  sea pressure                                           [ dbar ]
        (ie. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar)
long  =  longitude in decimal degrees                     [ 0 ... +360 ]
                                                    or [ -180 ... +180 ]
lat   =  latitude in decimal degrees north               [ -90 ... +90 ]
p, long & lat need to have the same dimensions.

OUTPUT:

delta_SA  =  Absolute Salinity anomaly                          [ g/kg ]

EXAMPLE:

p =    [   10;   50;  125;  250;  600; 1000;]
lat =  [    4;    4;    4;    4;    4;    4;]
long = [  188;  188;  188;  188;  188;  188;]
delta_SA = gsw_delta_SA(p,long,lat)
delta_SA =              in_ocean =
 0.000167785807437       1
 0.000268675908040       1
 0.000665539507353       1
 0.002694303422857       1
 0.005626663909471       1
 0.009396653216531       1

AUTHOR:

David Jackett, Paul Barker and Trevor McDougall [ 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 http://www.TEOS-10.org
  See section 2.5 of this TEOS-10 Manual.
McDougall, T.J., D.R. Jackett and F.J. Millero, 2010: An algorithm
 for estimating Absolute Salinity in the global ocean.  Submitted to
 Ocean Science. A preliminary version is available at Ocean Sci. Discuss.,
 6, 215-242.
 http://www.ocean-sci-discuss.net/6/215/2009/osd-6-215-2009-print.pdf
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org