# Introduction to PO (Fluid Dynamics in the Ocean) > Instructor: Ming-Huei Chang > textbook: Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Benoit Cushman-Roisin and Jean-Marie Becker > Wave and turbulence: wind, solar heat, tide (gravity) ### Tidal force Kind of body force due to the gravitation Everywhere in the ocean is affected. Unlike solar radiation (only shallow surface) - Surface wave - inertial wave - Rossby wave - internal lee wave (in the interior of the ocean, internal stand for separation with surface wave) - internal tide: the most common ## Current system All the surfce current is derived by atmospheric wind (needed accurate atmospheric models) NEC and STCC can grow mesoscale vortex. ## Newton’s second law $$ \Sigma F = \frac{dp}{dt} = ma $$ (rate of change of momentum) The fluid is a particle in a flow field, unlike solid mechanism $$ \begin{align} dq/ dt &= \partial_t q + \partial_x q \partial_t x + \partial_y q \partial_t y + \partial_z q \partial_t z \\ &= \partial_t q + u\partial_x q + v\partial_y q + w\partial_z q \end{align} $$ ### Inventory of forces in the ocean fluid - Acceleration - Advection - PGF - GF - Acceleration associated with friction and viscosty (momentum flux = stress) With friction and viscosity, the acceleration on the surface can affect deeper region. - Coriolis Force $f = 2 \Omega \sin \psi$ > $\Omega =\frac{2\pi}{\textit{time of a revolution}}$ > $T = \frac{2\pi}{f} = \frac{\pi}{\Omega \sin \psi}$ ### Balance between Inertial Acceleration and Coriolis Force $$ \begin{align} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-fv=0\\ \frac{\partial v}{\partial t}+fu=0 \end{align} $$ ### Momentum Equation in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics $x$-momentum: $$ \begin{align} &\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+u\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial u}{\partial z}-fv\\ =&-\frac{1}{\rho_0}\frac{\partial p}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial u}{\partial x})+\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial u}{\partial y})+\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(\nu_E\frac{\partial u}{\partial z}) \end{align} $$ $y$-momentum: $$ \begin{align} &\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}+u\frac{\partial v}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial v}{\partial z}+fu\\ =&-\frac{1}{\rho_0}\frac{\partial p}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial v}{\partial x})+\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial v}{\partial y})+\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(\nu_E\frac{\partial v}{\partial z}) \end{align} $$ $z$-momentum (Hydrostatic Approx.): $$ 0=-\frac{\partial p}{\partial z}-\rho g $$ > $\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}$: Acceleration (local rate of change) > $u\frac{\partial v}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial v}{\partial z}$: Advection > $fv$: Coriolis Force > $\frac{1}{\rho_0}\frac{\partial p}{\partial y}$: PGF > $\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial v}{\partial x})+\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial v}{\partial y})$: Horizontal Friction (x- and y-stress) > $\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(\nu_E\frac{\partial v}{\partial z})$: Vertical Friction (z-stress) > $\rho g$: Gravity Force ### Continuity Equation $$ \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=0 $$ Volumn is conserved. (Water is incompressible) ### Energy Budget The equation governing temperature arises from conservation of energy. $$ \rho C_v \frac{dT}{dt} + p \left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}\right) = k_T \nabla^2 T $$ > LHS: pressure driven heat > RHS: diffusion > $k_T$: thermal conductivity > Simplify with Continuity Equation: $$ \rho C_v \frac{dT}{dt} = k_T \nabla^2 T $$ With Newton's Second Law: $$ \frac{dT}{dt}=\frac{\partial T}{\partial t}+u\frac{\partial T}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial T}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial T}{\partial z} = \kappa_T \nabla^2 T,\ \kappa_T\frac{k_T}{\rho_0C_v} $$ > $\kappa_T$: heat kinematic diffusivity (which is much larger than $\kappa_S$) ### Salt Budget Density varies with salinity. Seawater parcel conserved in salt content (if diffusion DNE) $$ \frac{dS}{dt} = \frac{\partial S}{\partial t}+u\frac{\partial S}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial S}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial S}{\partial z} = \kappa_S \nabla^2 S $$ > $\kappa_S$: coe of salt diffusion ### EOS Relation between pressure and density (related to pressure, temperature, salinity). $$ \rho = \rho_0 [1-\alpha(T-T_0)+\beta(S-S_0)] $$ > $\alpha$: coe of thermal expansion > $\beta$: coe of saline contraction If diffusion is governed by molecular process, $\kappa_S$ is equals to $\kappa_T$. Small-scale (~ meter): molecular diffusion Large-scale: turbulet diffusion / eddy diffusivity (eg. eddy) $$ \begin{align} &\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}+u\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial z}\\ =&\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial x})+\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial y})+\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(\kappa_E\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial z}) \end{align} $$ > $\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}$: local rate of change of density > $u\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial x}+v\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial y}+w\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial z}$: Advection > $\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial x})+\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(\mathcal{A}\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial y})$: Horizontal Diffusion ($\mathcal{A}$: horizontal eddy diffusivity) > $\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(\kappa_E\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial z})$: Vertical Diffusion ($\kappa_E$: vertical eddy diffusivity) ## Eddy diffusivity As numerical model is limited in spatial resolution: **Subgrid-scale parameterization**: how unresolved turbulent and subgrid-scale motions affect larger resolved flow. **Dissipation and Mixing**: primary effect subgrid-scale motion and turnulence (small eddies, billows).Represent the motion and Reynold's stress with **super viscosity**.