gsw_alpha {gsw} | R Documentation |
Thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature. (48-term equation)
gsw_alpha(SA, CT, p)
SA |
Absolute Salinity [ g/kg ] |
CT |
Conservative Temperature [ deg C ] |
p |
sea pressure [ dbar ] |
thermal expansion coefficient with respect to Conservative Temperature [ 1/K ]
http://www.teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_alpha.html
The salinity analogue to this is gsw_beta
; other related functions include gsw_beta_const_t_exact
, gsw_alpha_wrt_t_exact
and gsw_alpha_on_beta
.
gsw_alpha(34.7118, 28.7856, 10) # 3.24480399390879e-3