Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
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Nomenclature
θ
Genericconservativefluidproperty
θ
z
Partial derivativewithrespecttoverticalcoordinate
θ
t
Partial derivativewithrespecttotime
F
θ
,
F
θ
z
Fluxof
θ
;partialderivativewrt
z
Q
θ
Sourcetermforpropertyq
K
θ
Eddydiffusivityofpropertyq
z
i
i
th gridpointonthepropertygradientgrid
zz
i
i
th gridpointonthemeanpropertygrid
Φ
θ
Dimensionlesschangein
θ
fromtheboundaryto
zz
1
τ
Air stressontheuppericesurfacedividedbywater density
a
τ
Water stressonthelowerice surfacedividedbywaterdensity
w
×
ρ
ice
/
ρ
w
)
h
ice
Icedraft(thickness
l
θ
E-foldinglengthscaleforexponentiallydecayingsource
w
∗
0
Modelscale velocityforstatically unstableflows
β
T
,
β
S
Thermalexpansionfactor,saline contractionfactor
