Math 5490 11/12/2014 Richard McGehee, University of Minnesota 1
Topics in Applied Mathematics: Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate
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Math 5490
November 12, 2014 Stommel’s Model
Henry Stommel, Thermohaline Convection with Two Stable Regimes of Flow, TELLUS XII (1961), 224-230.
Dynamical Systems
Math 5490 11/12/2014
Stommel’s Model
(1 ) 1 dx x f x d dy y f y d f y Rx
1 2
( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( 2 2 ) dT c T T q T dt dS d S S q S dt kq T S
4 2 T S y x d cdt T S d S c R k c T T q f c
- Dynamical Systems
salinity temperature flow rate flow resistance
Math 5490 11/12/2014
Stommel’s Model
(1 ) 1 dx x f x d dy y f y d f y Rx Look for equilibria: (1 ) 1 1 1
e e e e e e
x f x x f y f y y f 1 ( ; , ) 1 ( ; , )
e e
R f y Rx f R f f f f R Solve for f , then solve for equilibrium point.
Dynamical Systems
Math 5490 11/12/2014
Stommel’s Model
1 ( ; , ) 1 R f f R f f Graphical Interpretation
‐0.6 ‐0.4 ‐0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 ‐2 ‐1.5 ‐1 ‐0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 density
f (flow rate)
( ) f f Equilibria 1 6 2 1 5 R Math 5490 11/12/2014
Dynamical Systems
Stommel’s Model
Graphical Interpretation
‐0.6 ‐0.4 ‐0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 ‐2 ‐1.5 ‐1 ‐0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 density
f (flow rate)
( ) f f Equilibria 1 6 2 1 5 R Temperature dominates. capillary flow: cold to warm Salinity dominates. capillary flow: warm to cold Math 5490 11/12/2014