[ncl-talk] for the conversion of pressure to depth

[Dennis Shea]

You may have to change the following but it gives you the necessary
algorithm


("depth_unesco83")
function depth_unesco83(p[*]:numeric, lat[1]:numeric, Del[1]:numeric)
;
; Saunders P.M., Fofonoff N.P. (1976):
;         Conversion of pressure to depth in the ocean. Deep Sea Research
23:109-111.
; UNESCO (1983): Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of
seawater.
;         UNESCO technical papers in marine science 44:1-55.
;
local w, gr, DepthTerm, depth
begin
  w    = sin(lat*0.01745329)^2
  gr   = 9.780318 * (1.0 + (5.2788e-3 + 2.36e-5*w)*w) + 1.092e-6*p
  DepthTerm = (((-1.82e-15*p + 2.279e-10)*p - 2.2512e-5)*p + 9.72659)*p
  depth     = DepthTerm/gr + Del/9.8
  copy_VarCoords(p,depth)
  depth at long_name = "depth"
  depth at units           = "m"
  return(depth)
end
;--------------MAIN-------------
p   = 10000.0
lat = 30.
del = 0

d   = depth_unesco83(p, lat, del)
print(d)
===============================

Variable: d
Type: float
Total Size: 4 bytes
            1 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:    [1]
Coordinates:
Number Of Attributes: 2
  long_name :    depth
  units :    m
(0)    9712.653                       <=== Correct

========

See attached. you may have to alter the function.


On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:47 PM, saurabh rathore <rohitsrb2020 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> hi all
>
> i  am having ocean temperature data having depth in decibars instead of
> meters along the depth axis (z axis). i want to convert this pressure axis
> to the depth in meter axis. So i was wondering does NCL is having such a
> function to do that conversion for the depth axis.
>
> regards, saurabh
>
>
>
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