mblevitus
Section: MB-System 5.0 (1)
Updated: 3 June 2013
Index
NAME
mblevitus - Create a water velocity profile which is representative of the mean annual water column for a specified 1 degree by 1 degree region.VERSION
Version 5.0SYNOPSIS
mblevitus [-Rlon/lat -Ooutfile -V -H]DESCRIPTION
mblevitus generates a mean water sound velocity profile for a specified location using temperature and salinity data from the 1982 Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean [Levitus, 1982]. The water velocity profile is representative of the mean annual water column structure for a specified 1 degree by 1 degree region. The profile is output to a specified file which can be read and used by programs (e.g. mbbath or mbvelocitytool) which calculate swath sonar sonar bathymetry from travel times by raytracing through a water velocity model.The Levitus [1982] reference is:
Levitus, S, Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean,
NOAA Professional Paper 13, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington D.C., 173pp, 1982.
The water sound velocity values are calculated using the DelGrosso equations, following:
Dusha, B. D., P. F. Worcester, B. D. Cornuelle,
B. M. Howe, "On equations for the speed of
sound in seawater", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 93,
255-275, 1993
The implementation of these equations follows code written at the Ocean Data Facility of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The depth to which the Levitus database defines the water column reflects regional water depths which may be exceeded in places. mblevitus extends the water sound velocity profiles to a depth of 12000 meters using the deepest salinity and temperature values available in the database. If the specified location is subaerial, then no water velocity profile is calculated.AUTHORSHIP
David W. Caress (caress@mbari.org)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Dale N. Chayes (dale@ldeo.columbia.edu)
Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryOPTIONS
Program MBLEVITUS
MB-system Version 4.5
Location for mean annual water velocity profile:
Requested: -95.0000 longitude 2.0000 latitude
Used: 265.5000 longitude 2.5000 latitude
Values defined directly by Levitus database: 27
Values assuming deepest salinity and temperature: 19
Velocity points written: 46
Output file: velocity_profile
Mean annual water column profile:
Depth Temperature Salinity Velocity
0.0000 25.6560 33.8830 1534.6998
10.0000 25.4080 33.8230 1534.2112
20.0000 24.5410 34.0190 1532.5010
30.0000 23.3290 34.2400 1529.9032
50.0000 19.7940 34.7450 1521.4298
75.0000 15.9700 34.9210 1510.8373
100.0000 14.5630 34.9400 1506.8495
125.0000 13.9500 34.9320 1505.2728
150.0000 13.5920 34.9270 1504.5077
200.0000 13.0430 34.9100 1503.4935
250.0000 12.4510 34.8780 1502.2893
300.0000 11.4720 34.8190 1499.6840
400.0000 9.4060 34.6990 1493.8119
500.0000 8.0400 34.6390 1490.2903
600.0000 7.0330 34.5950 1488.0126
700.0000 6.2200 34.5740 1486.4380
800.0000 5.5640 34.5620 1485.4464
900.0000 5.0280 34.5620 1484.9211
1000.0000 4.5840 34.5650 1484.7546
1100.0000 4.1950 34.5730 1484.8076
1200.0000 3.8570 34.5820 1485.0649
1300.0000 3.5860 34.5970 1485.6061
1400.0000 3.3320 34.6090 1486.2123
1500.0000 3.1020 34.6140 1486.9097
1750.0000 2.6290 34.6280 1489.0920
2000.0000 2.3010 34.6440 1491.9139
2500.0000 1.8770 34.6670 1498.6154
3000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1507.2345
3500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1515.9406
4000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1524.7273
4500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1533.5883
5000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1542.5173
5500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1551.5078
6000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1560.5533
6500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1569.6471
7000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1578.7823
7500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1587.9523
8000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1597.1499
8500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1606.3682
9000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1615.6001
9500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1624.8383
10000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1634.0754
10500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1643.3042
11000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1652.5171
11500.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1661.7062
12000.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1670.8641
The contents of the output file velocity_profile are:
# Water velocity profile created by program MBLEVITUS
# MB-system Version 4.5
# Run by user <caress> on cpu <menard> at <Wed Mar 26 15:43:53 1997>
# Water velocity profile derived from Levitus
# temperature and salinity database. This profile
# represents the annual average water velocity
# structure for a 1 degree X 1 degree area centered
# at 265.5000 longitude and 2.5000 latitude.
# This water velocity profile is in the form
# of discrete (depth, velocity) points where
# the depth is in meters and the velocity in
# meters/second.
# The first 27 velocity values are defined using the
# salinity and temperature values available in the
# Levitus database; the remaining 19 velocity values are
# calculated using the deepest temperature
# and salinity value available.
0.000000 1534.699829
10.000000 1534.211182
20.000000 1532.500977
30.000000 1529.903198
50.000000 1521.429810
75.000000 1510.837280
100.000000 1506.849487
125.000000 1505.272827
150.000000 1504.507690
200.000000 1503.493530
250.000000 1502.289307
300.000000 1499.683960
400.000000 1493.811890
500.000000 1490.290283
600.000000 1488.012573
700.000000 1486.437988
800.000000 1485.446411
900.000000 1484.921143
1000.000000 1484.754639
1100.000000 1484.807617
1200.000000 1485.064941
1300.000000 1485.606079
1400.000000 1486.212280
1500.000000 1486.909668
1750.000000 1489.092041
2000.000000 1491.913940
2500.000000 1498.615356
3000.000000 1507.234497
3500.000000 1515.940552
4000.000000 1524.727295
4500.000000 1533.588257
5000.000000 1542.517334
5500.000000 1551.507812
6000.000000 1560.553345
6500.000000 1569.647095
7000.000000 1578.782349
7500.000000 1587.952271
8000.000000 1597.149902
8500.000000 1606.368164
9000.000000 1615.600098
9500.000000 1624.838257
10000.000000 1634.075439
10500.000000 1643.304199
11000.000000 1652.517090
11500.000000 1661.706177
12000.000000 1670.864136
Last Updated: 3 June 2013