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add reference to geo_strf_steric_height
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gsw/geostrophy.py

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@@ -135,10 +135,15 @@ def geo_strf_steric_height(SA, CT, p, p_ref=0, axis=0, max_dp=1.0, interp_method
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steric_height : array
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This is the integral of specific volume anomaly with respect
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to pressure, from each pressure in p to the specified
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reference pressure divided by the constant value of the gravitational
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acceleration, 9.7963 m s^-2. It is not exactly the height of an
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isobaric surface above a geopotential surface, but is an exact
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geostrophic streamfunction.
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reference pressure, divided by the global mean surface value of
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gravitational acceleration, 9.7963 m s^-2. (see page 46 of Griffies, 2004)
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It is not exactly the height of an isobaric surface above a
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geopotential surface, but is an exact geostrophic streamfunction.
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References
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Griffies, S. M., 2004: Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models. Princeton,
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NJ: Princeton University Press, 518 pp + xxxiv.
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return (

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