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gsw_grav

Gravitational Acceleration


Description

Gravitational Acceleration

Usage

gsw_grav(latitude, p = 0)

Arguments

latitude

latitude in decimal degrees, positive to the north of the equator. (This is called lat in the TEOS-10 Matlab code.)

p

sea pressure [dbar], i.e. absolute pressure [dbar] minus 10.1325 dbar

Details

The present R function works with a wrapper to a C function contained within the GSW-C system (Version 3.05-4 dated 2017-08-07, available at https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-C, as git commit '5b4d959e54031f9e972f3e863f63e67fa4f5bfec'), which stems from the GSW-Fortran system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Fortran) which in turn stems from the GSW-Matlab system (https://github.com/TEOS-10/GSW-Matlab). Consult http://www.teos-10.org to learn more about these software systems, their authorships, and the science behind it all.

Value

gravitational acceleration [ m/s^2 ]

References

Examples

lat <- c(-90, -60, -30, 0)
grav <- gsw_grav(lat)
expect_equal(grav, c(9.832186205884799, 9.819178859991149,
                     9.793249257048750, 9.780327000000000))

gsw

Gibbs Sea Water Functions

v1.0-5
GPL (>= 2) | file LICENSE
Authors
Dan Kelley [aut, cre, cph] (C wrapper plus R code, tests, and documentation), Clark Richards [aut, cph] (C wrapper plus R code, tests, and documentation), WG127 SCOR/IAPSO [aut, cph] (Original 'Matlab' and derived code)
Initial release
2017-08-08

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