SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterDelGrosso {sonar}

speed of sound (m/s) in sea water from Del Grosso 1974

Description

Returns the speed of sound (m/s) Range of validity: temperature 0 to 30 C, salinity 30 to 40 parts per thousand pressure 0 to 1000 kg/cm^2 , where 100 kPa=1.019716 kg/cm^2

Usage

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterDelGrosso(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

V.A. Del Grosso, 1974 Underwater Acoustics Technical Guides - Speed of Sound in Sea Water http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/soundseawater/

References

V.A. Del Grosso, 1974 New equation for the speed of sound in natural waters (with comparisons to other equations). J. Acoust. Soc. Am 56(4) pp 1084-1091.

Examples

SpeedOfSoundSeaWaterDelGrosso(30, 0, 1.019716)