WHOI PO

Rui Huang, WHOI: Available Potential Energy in Thermobaric Ocean
Date Time Location
June 9th, 2026 3:05pm-4:05pm Clark 507
Title: Available Potential Energy in Thermobaric Ocean.

Abstract: Seawater is non-uniformly compressible. Traditional APE associated with baroclinic instability is based on incompressible fluid. Including the non-uniform elasticity can double the APE associated with lateral exchange/mixing.