ctd2sal: Compute salinity (PSU) from conductivity, water temperature,...

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Compute salinity (PSU) from conductivity, water temperature, and depth

Description

Computes salinity from conductivity, water temperature, and depth.

Usage

ctd2sal(cond, temp, dbar)

Arguments

cond	Conductance (microS/cm)
temp	Water temperature (degrees C)
dbar	Pressure (dBar) or water depth (m)

Value

Salinity in PSU

Warning

If specific conductivity is returned from the sonde, the temperature at which specific conductivity is computed should be utilized

Author(s)

Daniel Livsey (2023) ORCID: 0000-0002-2028-6128

References

Fofonoff, N. P., & Millard Jr, R. C. (1983). Algorithms for the computation of fundamental properties of seawater.

Chen, C. T. A., & Millero, F. J. (1986). Thermodynamic properties for natural waters covering only the limnological range 1. Limnology and Oceanography, 31(3), 657-662.

Hill, K., Dauphinee, T., & Woods, D. (1986). The extension of the Practical Salinity Scale 1978 to low salinities. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 11(1), 109-112.

Author modified Matlab code from David Schoellhamer

Examples

Sonde <- realTimeloads::ExampleData$Sonde
sal <- ctd2sal(Sonde$Conductivity_uS_per_cm,Sonde$Water_Temperature_degC,Sonde$Pressure_dbar)

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