Energy Conversion, Mixing Energy, and Neutral Surfaces with a Nonlinear Equation of State
Energy Conversion, Mixing Energy, and Neutral Surfaces with a Nonlinear Equation of State
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具有非线性状态方程的能量转换、混合能量和中性面
DOI:
10.1175/2010jpo4250.1
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
J. Nycander
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作者:
J. Nycander
Abstract A local neutral plane is defined so that a water parcel that is displaced adiabatically a small distance along the plane continues to have the same density as the surrounding water. Since such a displacement does not change the density field or the gravitational potential energy, it is generally assumed that it does not produce a restoring buoyancy force. However, it is here shown that because of the nonlinear character of the equation of state (in particular the thermobaric effect) such a neutral displacement is accompanied by a conversion between internal energy E and gravitational potential energy U, and an equal conversion between U and kinetic energy K. While there is thus no net change of U, K does change. This implies that a force is in fact required for the displacement. It is further shown that displacements that are orthogonal to a vector P do not induce conversion between U and K, and therefore do not require a force. Analogously to neutral surfaces, which are defined to be approximate...