calculate_salinity: Convert Conductivity to Salinity

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/calculate_salinity.R

Description

Calculate salinity from conductivitity and temperature, using equations from UNESCO 1983. Taken from James Douglass's Excel sheet.

Usage

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calculate_salinity(cond, temp, ref_cond = 42.9)

Arguments

cond

(numeric) Numeric vector of conductivity values in miliSeimens/m^2/s.

temp

(numeric) Numeric vector of temperature values in degree Celsius.

ref_cond

(numeric) Reference conductivity value, defaults to 42.9 for conductivity measured in miliSeimens/m^2/s.

Value

(numeric) Vector of salinity values calculated from each pair of cond and temp values in input vectors. Unit varies depend on unit for conductivity, defaults to PSU.


BLE-LTER/insitu documentation built on Feb. 5, 2021, 5:28 p.m.