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• Ocean properties formula source information

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  Background sources and references:

  • Anati, D. A. "The Salinity of Hypersaline Brines: Concepts and Misconceptions." International Journal of Salt Lake Research 8, no. 1 (1999): doi:10.1007/BF02442137. »
  • Chen, C.-T. and F. J. Millero, "Speed of Sound in Seawater at High Pressures." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 62, no. 5 (1977): doi:10.1121/1.381646. »
  • Feistel, R. "A New Extended Gibbs Thermodynamic Potential of Seawater." Progress in Oceanography 58, no. 1 (2003): doi:10.1016/S0079-6611(03)00088-0. »
  • Feistell, R. "Numerical Implementation and Oceanographic Application of the Gibbs Thermodynamic Potential of Seawater." Ocean Science 1 (2005): doi:10.5194/osd-1-1-2004. »
  • Fofonoff, N. P. "Physical Properties of Seawater: A New Salinity Scale and Equation of State of Seawater." Journal of Geophysical Research 90, no. C2 (1985): doi:10.1029/JC090iC02p03332. »
  • Fofonoff, N. P and R. C. Millard, Jr. "Algorithms for Computation of Fundamental Properties of Seawater." UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science no. 44 (1983).
  • McDougall, T. J., et al. "Accurate and Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Potential Temperature and Density of Seawater." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 20, no. 5 (2003): 730-741.
  • Saunders, P. M. "Practical Conversion of Pressure to Depth." Journal of Physical Oceanography 11, no. 4 (1981): 573-574.
  • UNESCO, "Background Papers and Supporting Data on the International Equation of State of Seawater 1980." UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 38, (1981).
  • Wright, D. G. "An Equation of State for Use in Ocean Models: Eckart's Formula Revisited." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 14, no. 3 (1997): 735-740.

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