gravity(3m)

NAME
gravity - Gravity as a function of latitude and pressure

SYNOPSIS
g = gravity(p, lat)

DESCRIPTION
Calculates the Earth gravity as a function of pressure and latitude. Coding is inspired from the CODAS C-source file ocean/grav.c.

PARAMETERS

p   Pressure in dbar.

lat Latitude in degrees.

RETURNS

p   Gravity in m/s^2.

AUTHOR
Pierre Jaccard, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 1999.