depth2pressure {tagtools}

Convert depth to pressure

Description

This function is used to convert the depth (in meters) to the pressure in Pascals.

Usage

depth2pressure(d, latitude)

Arguments

d

The depth in meters

latitude

The latitude in degrees

Value

The pressure in Pa

Note

Based on the Leroy and Parthiot (1998) formula. See: http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/soundseawater/content.html#UNESCO

Examples

depth2pressure(1000, 27)