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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add speed of sound estimation from water properties","articleBody":"Would help with #122, and would also better enable data processing capabilities.\r\n\r\nShould probably be implemented as a `water.py` module, with a helper for estimating salinity as per [here](https://bluerobotics.com/learn/speed-of-sound-in-water-calculator/#salinity-estimation). Ideally there would be some kind of API access to NASA's global sea surface salinity data (queried by GPS location?) or something, but that is probably best left as a note/TODO for now.\r\n\r\nExample `v_sound` code at bluerobotics/ping-viewer/issues/1003\r\n\r\nWould be useful to include an `estimate_v_sound(self, depth=None, temperature=None, salinity=None)` method in `PingDevice` that uses `water.estimate_sound_speed(depth, temperature, salinity)`, which can be updated over time to use the most up to date implemented method. `PingDevice` can have its initialisation updated to include initial `depth=0, temperature=25, salinity=water.estimate_salinity_from_type(\"seawater\")` values.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ES-Alexander","@type":"Person","name":"ES-Alexander"},"datePublished":"2022-03-28T05:29:20.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/125/ping-python/issues/125"}