SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterChenAndMillero {sonar}

speed of sound (m/s) in sea water from Chen and Millero 1977

Description

Returns the speed of sound (m/s) Range of validity: temperature 0 to 40 C, salinity 0 to 40 parts per thousand, pressure 0 to 1000 bar

Usage

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterChenAndMillero(S, temperatureC, P)

Arguments

S

salinity in parts per thousand

temperatureC

temperature in degrees Celsius

P

pressure in kg/cm^2

Value

the speed of sound (m/s)

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

C-T. Chen and F.J. Millero, 1977 Underwater Acoustics Technical Guides - Speed of Sound in Sea Water http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/soundseawater/

References

C-T. Chen and F.J. Millero, 1977 Speed of sound in seawater at high pressures J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 62(5) pp 1129-1135

Examples

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterChenAndMillero(30, 0, 1.019716)