Calculate TEOS-10 seawater hydrostatic pressure from water depth or relative elevation.
The submerged pressure is calculated using Bernoulli's equation. Elevation is measured relative to an arbitrary datum (+ve up -ve down). Mean sea level (MSL) is often used as a datum. The water density is assumed constant. Changes in water density with water depth, salinity and temperature are ignored.
Tool Input
- pletype : Pressure Type
- Zlu : User Defined Submerged Elevation (+ve up -ve down)
- wdu : User Defined Water Depth
- Pu : User Defined Pressure
- Zs : Surface Elevation (+ve up -ve down)
- ρ : Seawater Density
Tool Output
- P : Seawater Pressure
- Zl : Submurged Elevation (+ve up -ve down)
- wd : Water Depth