PressureToDepthSaundersFofonoff {sonar}

Pressure To Depth from Saunders and Fofonoff 1976

Description

Returns the Pressure To Depth from Saunders and Fofonoff 1992 CHECKVALUE: DEPTH = 9712.653 M FOR P=10000 DECIBARS, LATITUDE=30 DEG ABOVE FOR STANDARD OCEAN: T=O DEG. CELSIUS; S=35 (PSS-78)

Usage

PressureToDepthSaundersFofonoff(P, latitude)

Arguments

P

pressure in MPa (relative to atmospheric pressure)

latitude

latitude in degrees

Value

the depth

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

Unesco, 1983 Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater, 1983. Unesco Tech. Pap. in Mar. Sci., No. 44, 53 pp.

References

Saunders P.M., Fofonoff N.P., 1976 Conversion of pressure to depth in the ocean. Deep Sea Research 23:109-111

Examples

PressureToDepthSaundersFofonoff(0.1, 0)