Compute viscosity of seawater, in \(Pa\cdot s\)
Arguments
- salinity
either salinity (PSU) (in which case
temperatureandpressuremust be provided) or actdobject (in which casesalinity,temperatureandpressureare determined from the object, and must not be provided in the argument list).- temperature
in-situ temperature (\(^\circ\)C), defined on the ITS-90 scale; see “Temperature units” in the documentation for
swRho(), and the examples below.
Value
Viscosity of seawater in \(Pa\cdot s\). Divide by density to get kinematic viscosity in \(m^2/s\).
Details
If the first argument is a ctd object, then salinity, temperature and
pressure values are extracted from it, and used for the calculation.
The result is determined from a regression of the data provided in Table 87 of Dorsey (1940). The fit matches the table to within 0.2 percent at worst, and with average absolute error of 0.07 percent. The maximum deviation from the table is one unit in the last decimal place.
No pressure dependence was reported by Dorsey (1940).
References
N. Ernest Dorsey (1940), Properties of ordinary Water-substance, American Chemical Society Monograph Series. Reinhold Publishing.
See also
Other functions that calculate seawater properties:
T68fromT90(),
T90fromT48(),
T90fromT68(),
computableWaterProperties(),
locationForGsw(),
swAbsoluteSalinity(),
swAlpha(),
swAlphaOverBeta(),
swBeta(),
swCSTp(),
swConservativeTemperature(),
swDepth(),
swDynamicHeight(),
swLapseRate(),
swN2(),
swPressure(),
swRho(),
swRrho(),
swSCTp(),
swSR(),
swSTrho(),
swSigma(),
swSigma0(),
swSigma1(),
swSigma2(),
swSigma3(),
swSigma4(),
swSigmaT(),
swSigmaTheta(),
swSoundAbsorption(),
swSoundSpeed(),
swSpecificHeat(),
swSpice(),
swSpiciness0(),
swSpiciness1(),
swSpiciness2(),
swSstar(),
swTFreeze(),
swTSrho(),
swThermalConductivity(),
swTheta(),
swZ()