# gsw_specvol_anom

    specific volume anomaly

## Contents

- USAGE:
- DESCRIPTION:
- INPUT:
- OUTPUT:
- EXAMPLE:
- AUTHOR:
- VERSION NUMBER:
- REFERENCES:

## USAGE:

    specvol_anom = gsw_specvol_anom(SA,t,p)

## DESCRIPTION:

    Calculates specific volume anomaly from Absolute Salinity, in-situ
    temperature and pressure, using the full TEOS-10 Gibbs function.
    The reference value of Absolute Salinity is SSO and the reference value
    of Conservative Temperature is equal to 0 degrees C.

    Click for a more detailed description of specific
    volume anomaly.

## INPUT:

    SA   =   Absolute Salinity                                      [ g/kg ]
    t    =   in-situ temperature (ITS-90)                          [ deg C ]
    p    =   sea pressure                                           [ dbar ]
             ( ie. absolute pressure - 10.1325 dbar )

    SA & t need to have the same dimensions,
    p may have dimensions 1x1 or Mx1 or 1xN or MxN, where SA & t are MxN.

## OUTPUT:

    specvol_anom  =   specific volume anomaly                     [ kg/m^3 ]

## EXAMPLE:

    SA = [34.7118; 34.8915; 35.0256; 34.8472; 34.7366; 34.7324;]
    t =  [28.7856; 28.4329; 22.8103; 10.2600;  6.8863;  4.4036;]
    p =  [     10;      50;     125;     250;     600;    1000;]

    specvol_anom = gsw_specvol_anom(SA,t,p)

    specvol_anom =

     1.0e-005 *

      0.601044462887525
      0.578602431524256
      0.405564998680916
      0.142198661956343
      0.104351837470899
      0.076396485029176

## AUTHOR:

    Trevor McDougall & Paul Barker            [ help_gsw@csiro.au ]

## VERSION NUMBER:

    2.0 (26th August, 2010)

## REFERENCES:

    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.
      See Eqn. (3.7.3) of this TEOS-10 Manual.

    The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org