%0 Journal Article
%T adiabaticdensitysurface,neutraldensitysurface,potentialdensitysurface,andmixingpath<sup>*</sup>
%A huang
%A rui-xin
%J 热带海洋学报
%D 2014
%X ？inthispaper,adiabaticdensitysurface,neutraldensitysurfaceandpotentialdensitysurfacearecompared.theadiabaticdensitysurfaceisdefinedasthesurfaceonwhichawaterparcelcanmoveadiabatically,withoutchangingitspotentialtemperatureandsalinity.forawaterparceltakenatagivenstationandpressurelevel,thecorrespondingadiabaticdensitysurfacecanbedeterminedthroughsimplecalculations.thisfamilyofsurfaceisneutrallybuoyantintheworldocean,anddifferentfromothersurfacesthatarenottrulyneutrallybuoyant.inordertoexploremixingpathintheocean,amixingratiomisintroduced,whichisdefinedastheportionofpotentialtemperatureandsalinityofawaterparcelthathasexchangedwiththeenvironmentduringasegmentofmigrationintheocean.twoextremesituationsofmixingpathintheoceanarem=0(nomixing),whichisrepresentedbytheadiabaticdensitycurve,andm=1,wheretheoriginalinformationiscompletelylostthroughmixing.thelatterisrepresentedbytheneutraldensitycurve.therealityliesinbetween,namely,0<m<1.intheturbulentocean,therearepotentiallyinfinitemixingpaths,someofwhichmaybeidentifiedbyusingdifferenttracers(ortheircombinations)anddifferentmixingcriteria.searchingformixingpathsintherealoceanpresentsagreatchallengeforfurtherresearch.
%K adiabaticdensitysurface
%K neutraldensitysurface
%K potentialdensitysurface
%K mixingpath
%U http://www.jto.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract563.shtml