Speed of sound in water: A simple equation for realistic parameters

1975/12/01 by Herman Medwin · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Underwater Acoustics Research #Water Systems and Optimization

paper · doi:10.1121/1.380790

Abstract

A simple equation is presented for the dependence of sound speed on temperature, salinity, and depth of water. The comparison with Del Grosso’s NRL II shows discrepancies of the order of tenths of m/sec for realistic values of the parameters. Subject Classification: 30.25.

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