Accurate and computationally efficient algorithms for potential temperature and density of seawater

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 730-741

  McDougall, Trevor J ^a   Jackett, David R ^a   Wright, Daniel G ^b   Feistel, Rainer ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE;

SEAWATER;

ALGORITHM; DENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER;

EID: 0038543365     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20<730:AACEAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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