The Materiality and Neutrality of Neutral Density and Orthobaric Density

• Published in: Journal of physical oceanography Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 1779 - 1799
• Main Authors: DE SZOEKE, Roland A, SPRINGER, Scott R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.08.2009
• Subjects: Density; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Materiality; Physics of the oceans; Salinity; Variables; Water analysis; Water sampling; Atlantic Ocean; A, Atlantic; Sphere; Vertical speed; salinity; Water mass; spatial variations; heat transfer

Abstract The materiality and neutrality of neutral density and several forms of orthobaric density are calculated and compared using a simple idealization of the warm-sphere water mass properties of the Atlantic Ocean. Materiality is the value of the material derivative, expressed as a quasi-vertica...