gsw_alpha_on_beta {gsw} | R Documentation |
Thermal expansion coefficient over haline contraction coefficient (48-term equation)
gsw_alpha_on_beta(SA, CT, p)
SA |
Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ] |
CT |
Conservative Temperature [ deg C ] |
p |
sea pressure [ dbar ] |
ratio of thermal expansion coefficient to haline contraction coefficient [ (g/kg)/K ]
http://www.teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_alpha_on_beta.html
This yields the ratio of the return values from gsw_alpha
and gsw_beta
, to within computational precision.
gsw_alpha_on_beta(34.7118, 28.8099, 10) # 0.452454540612631