The time dependence of reference pressure in limited region available potential energy budget equations

Phillip J. Smith; Dayton G. Vincent; Harold J. Edmon

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i5.11381

The time dependence of reference pressure in limited region available potential energy budget equations

Tellus

Volume 29 (1977): Issue 5

By: Phillip J. Smith, Dayton G. Vincent and Harold J. Edmon

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|Jan 1977

Abstract

In previous papers Smith (1969) and Vincent & Chang (1973) have formulated available potential energy (APE) budget equations in pressure coordinates applicable to fixed and moving systems. A subtle aspect of these formulations is that the Lagrangian derivative of the global reference pressure is zero, dp^r/dt = 0.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v29i5.11381 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 476 - 480

Submitted on: Jul 19, 1976

Accepted on: Jan 31, 1977

Published on: Jan 1, 1977

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1977 Phillip J. Smith, Dayton G. Vincent, Harold J. Edmon, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 29 (1977): Issue 5