| swThermalConductivity {oce} | R Documentation |
Compute seawater thermal conductivity, in W/(m*degC)
swThermalConductivity(salinity, temperature = NULL, pressure = NULL)
salinity |
salinity [PSU], or a |
temperature |
in-situ temperature [degC], defined
on the ITS-90 scale; see “Temperature units” in the documentation for
|
pressure |
pressure [dbar] |
Caldwell's (1974) detailed formulation is used. To be specific, his equation 6 to calculate K, and his two sentences above that equation are used to infer this to be K(0,T,S) in his notation of equation 7. Then, application of his equations 7 and 8 is straightforward. He states an accuracy for this method of 0.3 percent. (See the check against his Table 1 in the “Examples”.)
Conductivity of seawater in W/(m*degC).
To calculate thermal diffusivity in m^2/s, divide by the product of density and specific heat, as in the example.
Dan Kelley
Caldwell, Douglas R., 1974. Thermal conductivity of seawater, Deep-sea Research, 21, 131-137.
Other functions that calculate seawater properties: T68fromT90,
T90fromT48, T90fromT68,
swAbsoluteSalinity,
swAlphaOverBeta, swAlpha,
swBeta, swCSTp,
swConservativeTemperature,
swDepth, swDynamicHeight,
swLapseRate, swN2,
swPressure, swRho,
swRrho, swSCTp,
swSTrho, swSigma0,
swSigma1, swSigma2,
swSigma3, swSigma4,
swSigmaTheta, swSigmaT,
swSigma, swSoundAbsorption,
swSoundSpeed, swSpecificHeat,
swSpice, swTFreeze,
swTSrho, swTheta,
swViscosity, swZ
library(oce) # Values in m^2/s, a unit that is often used instead of W/(m*degC). swThermalConductivity(35, 10, 100) / (swRho(35,10,100) * swSpecificHeat(35,10,100)) # ocean swThermalConductivity(0, 20, 0) / (swRho(0, 20, 0) * swSpecificHeat(0, 20, 0)) # lab # Caldwell Table 1 gives 1478e-6 cal/(cm*sec*degC) at 31.5 o/oo, 10degC, 1kbar joulePerCalorie <- 4.18400 cmPerM <- 100 swThermalConductivity(31.5,10,1000) / joulePerCalorie / cmPerM