https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/ 2026-10-02T21:55:57+00:00 https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/ https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2015-03-14T05:49:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=lecture6:doppeldiffusion&rev=1426312199&do=diff Double Diffusion & Salt Fingering Author: Daniela König Types of stratification A & B: Diffusively stable C & D: Double diffusion (C: diffusive convection, D: salt fingering) E: No stratification, mixing Double diffusion Double diffusion occurs when temperature and salinity have an opposite effect on density, meaning that one is stabilizing and the other one destabilizing the stratification. The stabilizing component outweighs the destabilizing one so that the water column is stab… text/html 2025-03-26T11:17:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=lecture6:primequation&rev=1742987863&do=diff The Principle of Mass Conservation and Transport Equations Author: Rebecca Ritter Amendments by Mirjam Miller Primary Tools for Understanding Transport Equations ---------- In order to be able to grasp the concepts of the primitive equations, which were introduced in the lecture, certain tools need to be introduced.$\vec{u}$\begin{equation*} \vec{J} = -D {\nabla}C \end{equation*}$\vec{J}$$ D$$\nabla$${\partial x}$${\partial y}$${\partial z}$${\partial x}{\partial y}{\partial z}$$\…