海洋环境热力学讲习班通知

厦门大学近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室将于2009年11月24日至12月3日举办“海洋环境热力学”讲习班。这个讲习班主要目的是探讨海水热力学在大洋风生和热盐环流以及全球生态中的重要作用，将由美国Woods Hole海洋研究所著名的物理海洋学家黄瑞新教授主讲，戴民汉教授与焦念志教授做专题报告，从基础概念到国际研究的前沿，为学生介绍大尺度风生环流及海洋环境。讲习班主要面向研究生及青年学者。时间安排大致如下：上午讲课和专题报告，下午由青年学者和学生报告最新研究成果，并在讲习班期间安排一次本地游览。本讲习班将为青年学生和学者提供一个自由交流和切磋学术的论坛，希望踊跃报名.

学分：1学分

地点：厦门大学近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室（厦门市大学路182号曾呈奎楼B座）

联系人：施薇 秘书

联系电话：0592-2186039；传真：0592-2184101 邮箱：vera_shiwei@xmu.edu.cn

后勤安排：

费用：学员往来旅费、食宿费均由学员自理

用餐：如需在校园餐厅用餐，可申请厦门大学一卡通，工本费20元/卡，可现金充值。

报名：

有意参加讲习班的老师同学，请于11月1日前将以下回执填好后反馈给秘书。

Thermodynamics of the Oceanic Environment

Xiamen, Nov. 24-Dec. 3, 2009

Rui Xin Huang*, Minhan Dai⁺, and Nianzhi Jiao⁺

*Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

⁺ Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

9/22/2009 3:27 PM

Preface

       This workshop is focused on thermodynamics of the oceanic environment which will be held in Xiamen, November 24-December 3, 2009. The main goal of this workshop is to bring the students from the fundamental concepts to the research frontier in large-scale wind-driven/thermohaline circulation and marine environment. The workshop consists of two parts: lectures by the principal lectures in the morning sessions and seminars on recent advances in this field by young scientists and students in the afternoon session. In addition, a trip to local tourist sites will be organized during the workshop.

         We have prepare a lecture note, in which a sensible balance is made between physical concepts fundamental to the oceanic circulation/environment, the well established theories, and the recent development associated with the frontiers in our field. Although theories about the oceanic circulation/environment have developed over the past several decades, it seems clear that our understanding remains rudimentary at the best. We have made a major effort in describing and explaining the physical/chemical/ecological aspects of the circulation/ environment, without relying on the sometime elaborate mathematics. To aid the readers, we have included many cartoons illustrating the physics/ chemistry/ ecology.

         We hope this lecture note will help students to understand the foundation of the modern theory of wind-driven/thermohaline circulation and global environment and move forward along this direction. This workshop will provide a forum of free exchanging and discussedion of scientific ideas between young scholars and students. We look forward to seeing many young students and scholars to join us in this workshop.

Rui Xin Huang

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Minhan Dai, Nianzhi Jiao

Xiamen University

Schedule Overview

Part I. Thermodynamics of sea water

1) Introduction to thermodynamics of sea water

               a. Temperature, salinity, pressure, and density

                b. Internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and free enthalpy (Gibbs function)

                c. Basic thermodynamic relations

               d. Potential temperature and potential density

               e. Thermobaric effect and cabbeling

               f. Sea water thermodynamics based on Gibbs function

2) Description of oceanographic circulation

               a. Stability of stratification and the buoyancy frequency

               b. Neutral surface and neutral density

               c. Various vertical coordinates used in mapping the ocean

Part II. Energetics of oceanic circulation

  3) Introduction                                                                                        

            a. Sandstrom theory                          

            b. Sea water as a two-component mixture

             c. Balance of mass, energy, entropy

  4) Balance of energy and entropy

            a. Energy equations for the world oceans

            b. Entropy balance in the oceans

            c. What drives the oceanic circulation: three different views 

  5) Mechanical energy balance of the oceanic general circulation               

             a. Balance of mechanical energy in the world ocean

               b. Gravitational potential energy and available potential energy

c. Balance of GPE/AGPE during adjustment of the circulation

  6) Internal waves, turbulence and mixing in the oceans

a. Introduction to internal waves and turbulence

b. Major energy sources of internal waves and turbulence   

c. Mixing and its parameterizations                                        

Part III. Chemistry and ecology of the ocean

  7) An introduction to marine chemistry (Minhan Dai, 3 hrs)

  8) Major cycles in marine chemistry and their links to our live and environment on Earth Carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, oxygen cycle,…. (Minhan Dai, 3 hrs)

  9) Ecology of the world oceans, Energetics and ecology of marine ecosystems (Nianzhi Jiao, 3 hrs)

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