Fluid Density and Hydrostatic Pressure

 
• A fluid defined
  • A fluid mixture
• Isotropy of hydrostatic pressure
• Fluid density defined
• The hydrostatic equation
  • Units of pressure
• Quasi-hydrostatic conditions
• Homogeneous fluid
• Barotropic fluid
• Baroclinic fluid
• The two-layer model
  • Slopes of the isobaric surfaces in a two-layer barotropic fluid
• Relation between isobaric slopes and isopycnal slopes in a baroclinic fluid
• The equation of state for sea water
• Isobaric slopes in terms of the field of temperature and salinity
• Potential density and sigma-t
• Hydrostatic stability