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Dissipation Trends in a Shallow Water Model

Dissipation Trends in a Shallow Water Model The formalism of irreversible thermodynamics is applied to the shallow water model. Entropy production and entropy flow terms are identified, describing the ways dissipation and exchange processes unfold in space and time. Explicit evaluations are carried out in the case of Lorenz’s nine-mode truncation and in the quasigeostrophic limit of the model. A number of systematic trends are identified by studying the way dissipation and kinetic energy vary as the forcing is increased and the system undergoes qualitative changes of behavior between different regimes, from simple symmetric flow to intermittent chaos. The constraints imposed by thermodynamics on the structure of the model equations and, especially, on the parameterization schemes are brought out. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society

Dissipation Trends in a Shallow Water Model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , Volume 57 (21) – Aug 23, 1999

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American Meteorological Society
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0469
DOI
10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<3559:DTIASW>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

The formalism of irreversible thermodynamics is applied to the shallow water model. Entropy production and entropy flow terms are identified, describing the ways dissipation and exchange processes unfold in space and time. Explicit evaluations are carried out in the case of Lorenz’s nine-mode truncation and in the quasigeostrophic limit of the model. A number of systematic trends are identified by studying the way dissipation and kinetic energy vary as the forcing is increased and the system undergoes qualitative changes of behavior between different regimes, from simple symmetric flow to intermittent chaos. The constraints imposed by thermodynamics on the structure of the model equations and, especially, on the parameterization schemes are brought out.

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Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Aug 23, 1999

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