Observations and Modelling of Fronts and Frontogenesis
Observations and Modelling of Fronts and Frontogenesis
Observations and Modelling of Fronts and Frontogenesis
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follows from (2a) <strong>and</strong> (8b) that the potential vorticity in<br />
layer 2,<br />
P2 (f u2y)/h2 (12a)<br />
obeys the equation,<br />
2t + V2P2y wP2/h2. (12b)<br />
Similarly, when layer 3 is in contact with the mixed layer,<br />
so that (9b) holds instead <strong>of</strong> (8c), P3 obeys,<br />
instead <strong>of</strong> (ha).<br />
3t + V3P3y weP3/h3, (13)<br />
Vertical integration <strong>of</strong> the hydrostatic equations<br />
yields, in the three-layer domain,<br />
P1 p0(y,t) gzp1(y,t), (l4a)<br />
P2 = p0(y,t) g[p - p1(y,t)]h1(y,t) (14b)<br />
p3 = p0(y,t) gp3 - p1(y,t)]h1(y,t)<br />
g(p3 - p2)h2(y,t) - gpz, (14c)<br />
where p(y,t) is surface pressure. In the two-layer domain,<br />
(14c) holds with h2 0, <strong>and</strong> (14b) is neglected. Inserting<br />
(14) into the geostrophic relations (la) <strong>and</strong> (2a) yields the<br />
thermal wind relations,<br />
p0f(u1 u2) g[(p Pl)hly + (l/2)h1(p2 Pl)y] ' (iSa)<br />
p0f(u2 - u3) = g(p3 - p2)(h1 + h2)y<br />
or, in the two-layer domain,<br />
= g(p3 - 2)h3, (15b)<br />
p0f(u1 - u3) g[(p3 - pi)hi + (l/2)h1(p3 Pi)yIl (15c)<br />
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