Properties of Seawater

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Properties of Seawater
Density and Pressure
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CORRECTION Residence time the average time a
component spends in a system.
C total amount r the removal rate (units of
C/time)
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Pressure in the Ocean
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Pressure in the Ocean
Hydrostatic Equation
Hydrostatic Balance
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TEMPERATURE
SALINITY
DENSITY
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SALINITY
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Vertical Structure of Temperature
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Vertical circulation driven by density ?
Thermohaline Circulation
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Equator
Salinity
North
South
Temperature
DENSITY controls the movement and stability of
the ocean water masses
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Density amount of mass per unit volume
Units kg m-3
Linear Equation for in situ Density
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Histogram of TS in the World Ocean
Temperature
Salinity
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OCEAN WATER MASSES
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TS Diagram
Temperature
Salinity
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A different way to express density
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Distribution of T and S in the Ocean
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Tracking Water Masses on TS diagrams
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Tracking Water Masses on TS diagrams
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Diabatic exchanges with the atmosphere at the
surface
T1 S1
T2 S2
Adiabatic changes and Mixing in ocean interior
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Worlds ocean Water Masses
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Additional things to keep in mind the
equation of density is not linear water is
slightly compressible
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Density is actually a non-linear function of
Temperature, Salinity and Pressure
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Taking into account compressibility effects
Potential Temperature
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Taking into account compressibility effects
Potential Density
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next time we will talk about MIXING in the OCEAN