学术报告 Academic Report

【热带海洋环境与岛礁生态全国重点实验室学术报告No.2026-6】
Density compensation and energetics of lateral mixing

发布时间:2026-04-01

报告人Speaker】:Rui Xin Huang 

【摘要Abstract】:密度补偿是物理海洋学的经典问题。我们利用密度-涩度(s-p)坐标,对密度补偿率进行精准量化,并提出了一种描述密度补偿的新方法。对于混合层以下的海洋,由于大尺度流动通常沿等密面运动,等密面上位密保持不变,位涩是唯一变化的变量,使得水平密度补偿率的物理意义变得不清晰。在本讲座中,还将探讨海洋中的侧向混合能量学问题。类似于经典的有效势能(APE)概念,海洋中的侧向混合的能量可以从水平混合有效势能(HMAPE)、等密混合有效势能(IMAPE)以及混合增密有效势能(CAPE)等不同角度进行探索研究。为了有效释放CAPE,需要对混合张量进行旋转,并且混合系数呈现各向异性特征。侧向混合是海洋环流理论中尚待深入探索的重要领域之一,其机物理制及参数化是当前的重大科学挑战。

Density compensation is a classic topic. Using the density-spicity (s-p) coordinate, we can accurately quantify the density compensation rate, and a new way of describing the density compensation is proposed. The meaning of horizontal density compensation rate for the ocean below the mixed layer is unclear because large-scale flows tend to follow isopycnal surfaces; on isopycnal surfaces, potential density is constant, so that the only variable is potential spicity. The energetics of lateral mixing in the ocean are examined. Parallel to the classic APE (Available Potential Energy), lateral mixing in the ocean can be examined in terms of HMAPE (Horizontal Mixing Available Potential Energy), IMAPE (Isopycnal Mixing Available Potential Energy), and CAPE (Cabbeling Available Potential Energy). To effectively release CAPE, the mixing tensor must be rotated, and the mixing coefficient is anisotropic. Lateral mixing is one of the last virgin lands in the theory of ocean circulation, the mechanism and parameterization of lateral mixing remain the grand challenge.

报告人简介Speaker Biography

黄瑞新老师是国际著名物理海洋学家,美国伍兹霍尔海洋研究所(WHOI)终身名誉研究员。他长期专注于大洋环流理论、数值模式、海水热力学和气候动力学研究,尤其在风生环流、通风温跃层、热盐环流和密度-涩度正交体系等核心理论领域取得突破性成果。200110月,他被授予“范·阿兰·克拉克二世(W. Van Alan Clark, Jr.)杰出海洋学讲座教授”荣誉。黄老师在《Journal of Physical Oceanography》、《Journal of Geophysical Research》、《Journal of Fluid Mechanics》等国际顶尖刊物发表论文百余篇,出版专著两部,研究被全球同行广泛引用。他热心学术传承,组织多个海洋动力学研讨班,激励了一代又一代青年学子勇攀科学高峰。

Professor Rui Xin Huang is an internationally renowned physical oceanographer and Scientist Emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). He has devoted his career to ocean circulation theory, numerical modeling, seawater thermodynamics, and climate dynamics. His pioneering contributions are particularly notable in wind-driven circulation, the ventilated thermocline, thermohaline circulation, and orthogonal density-salinity coordinate systems. In October 2001, he was honored with the prestigious W. Van Alan Clark, Jr., Chair for Excellence in Oceanography. Professor Huang has published over 100 papers in top-tier international journals, including the Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research, and Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and has authored two monographs. His research is widely cited by the global scientific community. He is also deeply committed to academic mentorship, having organized numerous ocean dynamics workshops and discussing groups that have inspired generations of young scientists to reach new heights in marine research.


时间Time】2026-04-01 9:00 AM (UTC+8)

Venue】:1201, Building 2, Haizhu Campus

               Tencent Meeting 腾讯会议: 540-821-476

邀请人Host】Sheng-Qi Zhou 






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