2004 LOM Workshop

Monday 9:35 - 9:55 a.m.

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Isopycnal, orthobaric and neutral coordinates

Trevor J McDougall
CSIRO Marine Research
Trevor.McDougall@csiro.au

ABSTRACT

The extent to which isopycnals, patched isopycnals, and orthobaric density surfaces attain the neutral property will be discussed and quantified. This leads into an evaluation of the quasi-non-material aspect of both orthobaric surfaces and neutral density surfaces (the quasi-non-material property causes flow across surfaces even in the absence of diabatic processes).

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