Seawater sound-speed profile calculator

Calculate depth and Mackenzie sound speed with your own figures.

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Use depth and Mackenzie sound speed to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Profile [temperature °C,salinity ppt,depth m]
[[15,35,0],[10,35,100],[5,35,1000]]
Depth and Mackenzie sound speed (m/s)
[[0,1506.692225],[100,1491.43506786],[1000,1487.0826055]]

Try another scenario

Profile [temperature °C,salinity ppt,depth m]
[[16,35,0],[11,35,100],[6,35,1000]]
Depth and Mackenzie sound speed (m/s)
[[0,1509.8101504],[100,1494.99080655],[1000,1491.111055]]
Calculation method

Calculation method

Depth and Mackenzie sound speed (m/s)

Mackenzie nine-term equation; temperature2–30°C, salinity25–40ppt, depth0–8000m.

Symbols and units
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Profile [temperature °C,salinity ppt,depth m]

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Temperature-salinity-depth samples, selected equation. Returns Sound-speed profile. All coefficients and observations are user supplied; results describe only the stated mathematical model. Quantities are deterministic calculations from supplied observations and assumptions; no external data is fetched. Supported limits: Finite inputs only; numeric fields bounded as labelled. Lists and JSON records are limited to 256 entries unless a stricter tool bound is stated. No automatic design approval, legal conclusion, treatment recommendation or safety certification.
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