Oceanographic Utilities

version history

• version 1.0
  
  1. produced 2000, first installed with 7 calculators and two graphing utilities, still under development: 5 April 2000.
  2. final version of vector plotting utility installed: 26 April 2000.
  3. final version of Brunt-Väisälä frequency plotting utility installed: 5 May 2000.
  4. layout of density calculator improved to show both σ_t and σ_Stp: 11 May 2000.
  5. wind and wind stress plotting utility installed: 12 May 2000.
  6. Salinity from conductivity ratio calculator amended to clarify its use; salinity from in situ conductivity calculator installed: 22 August 2000.
  7. co-oscillation tide utility installed: 5 September 2000.

• Utilities added to CD-ROM version 2.0: 3 October 2000.

• version 1.1
  
  1. Java code for vector plotting utility rewritten: 5 March 2001.
  2. geostrophic current and volume transport utility added: 2 April 2001.
  3. voyage planner added: 28 May 2001.

• CD-ROM version 3.0 produced 30 July 2001.

• CD-ROM version 3.1 produced 17 September 2001.

• version 2.0
  
  1. Error in co-oscillation utility removed (division through gravity in factor 3 included, which results in realistic friction parameter values): 9 October 2001.

• CD-ROM version 4.0 produced 15 April 2002.

• version 3.0
  
  1. Programming error in geostrophic current and volume transport utility removed (the ENTER OWN DATA option did not work due to programme bug): 24 June 2002.
  2. Alert message about LiveConnect added to front page: 15 August 2003.
  3. Error in potential temperature calculation corrected in Brunt-Vaeisaelae utility: 24 March 2004.

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