• Title of article

    Statistical mechanics and ocean circulation

  • Author/Authors

    Salmon، نويسنده , , Rick، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    2144
  • To page
    2152
  • Abstract
    We apply equilibrium statistical mechanics based upon the conservation of energy and potential enstrophy to the mass–density distribution within the ocean, using a Monte Carlo method that conserves the buoyancy of each fluid particle. The equilibrium state resembles the buoyancy structure actually observed.
  • Keywords
    ocean circulation , Monte Carlo Method , Statistical mechanics
  • Journal title
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Record number

    1536964