gsw_specvol_diff

specific volume difference between two pressures (75-term equation)

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USAGE:

specvol_diff = gsw_specvol_diff(SA,CT,p_shallow,p_deep)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the difference of the specific volume of seawater between 
two different pressures, p_deep (the deeper pressure) and p_shallow
(the shallower pressure), at the same values of SA and CT.  This 
function uses the computationally-efficient expression for specific 
volume in terms of SA, CT and p (Roquet et al., 2015).  The output
(specvol_diff) is the specific volume evaluated at (SA,CT,p_deep)
minus the specific volume at (SA,CT,p_shallow). 
Note that the 75-term equation has been fitted in a restricted range of 
parameter space, and is most accurate inside the "oceanographic funnel" 
described in McDougall et al. (2003).  The GSW library function 
"gsw_infunnel(SA,CT,p)" is avaialble to be used if one wants to test if 
some of one's data lies outside this "funnel". 

INPUT:

SA  =  Absolute Salinity                                        [ g/kg ]
CT  =  Conservative Temperature                                [ deg C ]
p_shallow  =  upper sea pressure                                [ dbar ]
              ( i.e. shallower absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar ) 
p_deep     =  lower sea pressure                                [ dbar ]
              ( i.e. deeper absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )
SA & CT need to have the same dimensions.
p_shallow and p_deep may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where 
SA and CT are MxN.

OUTPUT:

specvol_diff  =  difference of specific volume                [ m^3/kg ]
                     (deep minus shallow)                      

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_shallow =  [   10;    50;   125;   250;   600;   1000;]
p_deep    =  [   60;   110;   200;   450;   900;   1400;]
specvol_diff = gsw_specvol_diff(SA,CT,p_shallow,p_deep)
specvol_diff =
   1.0e-05 *
  -0.020111062863217
  -0.024106728658928
  -0.030464766950093
  -0.084512585565385
  -0.127262626083441
  -0.169490226833100

AUTHOR:

Trevor McDougall and Paul Barker       [ help@teos-10.org ]

VERSION NUMBER:

3.06.13 (30th July, 2021)

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.
McDougall, T.J., D.R. Jackett, D.G. Wright and R. Feistel, 2003: 
 Accurate and computationally efficient algorithms for potential 
 temperature and density of seawater. J. Atmosph. Ocean. Tech., 20,
 pp. 730-741.
Roquet, F., G. Madec, T.J. McDougall and P.M. Barker, 2015: Accurate
 polynomial expressions for the density and specific volume of seawater 
 using the TEOS-10 standard.  Ocean Modelling, 90, pp. 29-43. 
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.04.002
The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org