501.57nm
5064 decibars; therefore,
z 1.02385 and
= 1.34513,
10,487 decibars; therefore,
- 1.05679.
Solution
K
1.34513-1
2585
033709.
1+Kp-(p-p,)1.25x10
14 (0.33709) (1.0h679)- (1.08679-1.02385)1.25x107^
1.35258
1.35257 from Table 3
Error x 0.00001.
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8. Table 5 data is from Ref. 5 which is based on the work per-
formed in 1910 on sea water by Bjerknes and different collabo-
rators (Ref. 6):
Depth, Pressure,
meters decibars
0 0
1,000 1,010
2,000 2,025
3,000 3» 045
4,000 4,069
5,000 5,098
6,000 6,132
7,000 7,169
Table 5. Depth VS. Pressure for Sea Water
at 0 Go 35/00 Salinity, and 9.8
m/sec Gravity at Sea Level
It is of interest to feature the statistic (Ref. 5) that
99,85 percent of the total ocean bottom area is located be-
tween sea level and the sea water depth of 7,000 meters.
Table 4, therefore, covers sea water depths and pressures
for 99.85 percent of the total ocean bottom area.
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