placeParticlesOnIsopycnal

Return particle depths on the isopycnal identified by a no-motion depth.

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Declaration

 zIsopycnal = placeParticlesOnIsopycnal(x,y,zNoMotion)

Parameters

• x array of particle x positions
• y array of particle y positions
• zNoMotion depths identifying target densities in the no-motion profile

Returns

• zIsopycnal particle depths in meters

Discussion

Given particle position (x,y), zNoMotion is used to determine the target isopycnal using the no-motion density,

targetRho = wvt.rhoFunction(zNoMotion);

and a minimization algorithm is used to find zIsopycnal such that

zIsopycnal = rho(targetRho);

where rho is the current total density field of the fluid.

Note that the density is not necessarily monotonic, so the answer is not necessarily unique.