Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Edward T. Peltzer
How it is done: Using MATLAB®

Oceanographic Calculations

  • Shell-scripts I have written:
    • aou - Calculate the apparent oxygen utilization from the measured oxygen concentration, T and S.
    • density - Calculate the density of seawater for a given S and T at 1 atm total pressure.
    • densatp - Calculate the density of seawater at a given S, T and P-hydrostatic (dbar).
    • n2sat - Calculate nitrogen saturation as a function of T and S.
    • o2sat - Calculate oxygen saturation as a function of T and S.
    • salinity - Calculate the salinity (pss) of seawater from conductivity (S/m), T and P.
    • sbec2sal - Calculate the salinity (pss) of seawater from conductivity (mS/cm), T and P.

  • Shell-scripts that I have collected and modified/optimized for use on a PC (see note below):
    • adiabat - Computes the adiabatic temperature gradient.
    • depth - Computes depth given the pressure at some latitude.
    • potentmp - Computes potential temperature from in-situ measurements. Requires adiabat.
    • pressure - Computes pressure given the depth at some latitude.

Note: These files were originally part of the oceanography toolbox [v1.4] compiled by R. Pawlowicz @ WHOI. I have renamed and modified these files for use with the Windows version of MATLAB®. These files will also work well in a UNIX environment.

 

 

 

 

Last updated: Aug. 24, 2007
Questions? Comments? Please contact Edward Peltzer.