Accurate polynomial expressions for the density and specific volume of seawater using the TEOS-10 standard

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-43

  Roquet, F ^a   Madec, G ^b,c   McDougall, Trevor J ^d   Barker, Paul M ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Ocean modelling; Ocean thermodynamics; Physical oceanography; Seawater density; TEOS 10

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; SEAWATER; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EQUATION OF STATE; OCEAN MODELLING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSION; RATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS; TEOS-10; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; DENSITY; EQUATION OF STATE; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84928752677     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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