Convert depth to pressure

This function is used to convert the depth (in meters) to the pressure in Pascals.

depth2pressure(d, latitude)

Arguments

d	The depth in meters
latitude	The latitude in degrees

Value

The pressure in Pa

Note

Based on the Leroy and Parthiot (1998) formula. See: http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/soundseawater/content.html#UNESCO

Examples

depth2pressure(1000, 27)
         #Returns: 10075403 Pa