SpeedOfSoundPureWaterBilaniukWong36 {sonar}

speed of sound (m/s) from Bilaniuk and Wong 36 point equation

Description

Returns returns the speed of sound (m/s) Range of validity: 0-100 OC at atmospheric pressure

Usage

SpeedOfSoundPureWaterBilaniukWong36(temperatureC)

Arguments

temperatureC

temperatureC in Celsius

Value

the speed of sound (m/s)

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

National Physical Laboratory, 2015 Underwater Acoustics Technical Guides - Speed of Sound in Pure Water http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/soundpurewater/content.html#LUBBERS

References

Bilaniuk and Wong 1993 Speed of sound in pure water as a function of temperature, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93(3) pp 1609-1612 Bilaniuk and Wong 1996 Erratum: Speed of sound in pure water as a function of temperature [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 1609-1612 (1993)], J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(5), p 3257.

Examples

SpeedOfSoundPureWaterBilaniukWong36(20)