2004 LOM Workshop

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An improved vertical coordinate of the potential density type

John Dukowicz
Los Alamos National Laboratory
duk@lanl.gov

ABSTRACT

There are two types of quasi-neutral density functions suitable for use as vertical coordinates: Functions of density and pressure, such as orthobaric density, and functions of potential temperature and salinity, such as potential density. In this talk I will discuss two functions of the potential density type that improve on potential density as a materially-conserved, quasi-neutral vertical coordinate.

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