Conservative temperature

Conservative temperature (Θ) is a thermodynamic property of seawater.^[1] It is proportional to the potential enthalpy and is recommended as a replacement for potential temperature as it more accurately represents the heat content.^[2]

References

^ IOC; SCOR; IAPSO (2010). The international thermodynamic equation of seawater – 2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO (English). pp. 196pp. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ McDougall, Trevor J. (2003). "Potential Enthalpy: A Conservative Oceanic Variable for Evaluating Heat Content and Heat Fluxes". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33: 945–963. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0945:PEACOV>2.0.CO;2.

[teos10-1] IOC; SCOR; IAPSO (2010). The international thermodynamic equation of seawater – 2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO (English). pp. 196pp. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

[2] McDougall, Trevor J. (2003). "Potential Enthalpy: A Conservative Oceanic Variable for Evaluating Heat Content and Heat Fluxes". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33: 945–963. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0945:PEACOV>2.0.CO;2.

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