% density.m by: Edward T Peltzer, MBARI % revised: 29 Jan 98. % % CALCULATE THE DENSITY OF SEAWATER AT A GIVEN S & T, P = 1 ATM % Equation of State is from Millero & Poisson (1981) DSR V28: 625-629. % % INPUT: Salinity (S) in g/kg or pss. % Temperature (T) in degrees C. % % OUTPUT: Density [rho] in g/cc: % % rho = density(S,T). function [rho]=density(S,T) % DEFINE CONSTANTS FOR EQUATION OF STATE R0=+9.99842594E2; R1=+6.793952E-2; R2=-9.095290E-3; R3=+1.001685E-4; R4=-1.120083E-6; R5=+6.536332E-9; A0=+8.24493E-1; A1=-4.0899E-3; A2=+7.6438E-5; A3=-8.2467E-7; A4=+5.3875E-9; B0=-5.72466E-3; B1=+1.0227E-4; B2=-1.6546E-6; C=+4.8314E-4; % CALCULATE RHO RHO0=R0+T.*(R1+T.*(R2+T.*(R3+T.*(R4+T.*R5)))); A=A0+T.*(A1+T.*(A2+T.*(A3+T.*A4))); B=B0+T.*(B1+T.*B2); RHO=RHO0+S.*(A+B.*sqrt(S)+C.*S); % CONVERT KG/M3 TO g/cc rho = RHO ./ 1000;