gsw_Nsquared_lowerlimit

specified profile of minimum buoyancy frequency squared

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USAGE:

Nsquared_lowerlimit = gsw_Nsquared_lowerlimit(p,long,lat)

DESCRIPTION:

Calculates the minimum Nsquared such that a cast is stable.

INPUT:

p     =  sea pressure                                           [ dbar ]
         ( i.e. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )
long  =  longitude in decimal degrees                     [ 0 ... +360 ]
lat   =  latitude in decimal degrees north               [ -90 ... +90 ]
lat & long may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where p is MxN.

OUTPUT:

Nsquared_lowerlimit  = Minimum Brunt-Vaisala Frequency squared    [rad2 s-2 ]
The units of N2 are radians2 s-2 however in may textbooks this is
 abreviated to s-2 as radians does not have a unit.  To convert the
 frequency to hertz, cycles sec-1, divide the frequency by 2π, ie N/(2π).

EXAMPLE:

p   = [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]
long = 180;
lat = 4;
N2_lowerlimit = gsw_Nsquared_lowerlimit(p,long,lat)
N2_lowerlimit =
1.0e-07 *
   0.992537375311876
   0.963422068375535
   0.911872676938447
   0.834100587303554
   0.661608727070520
   0.525909580878582

AUTHOR:

Paul Barker and Trevor McDougall.              [ help@teos-10.org ]

VERSION NUMBER:

3.06.13 (4th August, 2021)

REFERENCES:

Barker, P.M., and T.J. McDougall, 2016: Stabilisation of hydrographic 
profiles.  J. Atmosph. Ocean. Tech., submitted.
IOC, SCOR and IAPSO, 2010: The international thermodynamic equation of
 seawater - 2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties.   
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Manuals and Guides No. 56,  
 UNESCO (English), 196 pp.  Available from the TEOS-10 web site.
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