TITLE:
Thermal Convection Mechanics
AUTHORS:
Kern E. Kenyon
KEYWORDS:
High Pressure, Thermal Convection, North Pacific
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.12 No.9,
September
15,
2020
ABSTRACT: Assuming
thermal convection takes place continuously inside the North Pacific High, an
application of physics to the rising sea-warmed air plumes increases
understanding of the relatively high air pressure at the sea surface and at the
bases of the plumes. Since the ocean is warmer than the air under the NPH, heat
is transferred upward decreasing the air density, which should then accelerate upward
when no other forces are around to stop it. By Newton’s 3rd law the
upward accelerating air will cause an equal but opposite (downward) reaction
resulting in high pressure in the air under the rising column. That is the
central proposal offered, which is consistent with available observations. New
data that confirm the upward acceleration of the heated air are especially
needed. Perhaps dye or neutrally buoyant particles could be released from a
ship or buoy to make the upward air motion visible.