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This is a series about a subject that is not well understood.
As the word "electromagnetic" seemingly morphs from one aspect to another our nomenclature plays tricks on our cognition, on our word use (Good Nomenclature: A Matter of Life and Death, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
For example the word "light" has many meanings, one of which is selected by its users based upon their current knowledge.
Same with "heat" in the sense that they are interchangeable to some people, especially those "in search of ocean heat" or those "in search of ocean light".
Light is electromagnetic energy and so is heat in the sense that both are, depending on one's knowledge, composed of photons when in transit.
When those photons are absorbed by atoms of matter (no longer in transit) their energy level (e=hv) is then contained in the atom where they were absorbed.
In ocean water that absorption changes the potential enthalpy value which CTD devices measure as in situ temperature.
II. Current Pop Teaching
Before getting into this much more, let me set some examples that will bring us back to the search aspects of this Dredd Blog series:
"Sunlight generally penetrates up to 200 meters (about 656 feet) in the ocean ... In that context, "light" refers specifically to visible light—the narrow range of the electromagnetic spectrum that human eyes can see ... this visible range, other forms of "light" like ... Infrared (IR) are also present at the surface, but they are absorbed by the water even faster than visible ... light .. (NOAA)"
"Light may be detected as far as 1,000 meters down in the ocean, but there is rarely any significant light beyond 200 meters" (NOAA)
Light in the ocean decreases with depth, with minimal light penetrating between 200-1,000 meters (656-3,280 feet) and depths below 1,000 meters receiving no light from the surface" (Hawaii Edu)
"little infrared light penetrates more than 2 meters. Light is quenched rather quickly even in clear water. Only about 25 percent of incident light reaches a depth of 10 meters in the open ocean, where water is very clear" (Global Seafood)
"Water absorbs almost all of the infrared energy from sunlight within 10 centimeters of the surface" (Reef2Reef)
"the Sun’s infrared energy is absorbed by water vapor in the atmosphere. The fraction that hits the surface is absorbed in the top few feet of the water" (U of Texas)
(On and On it goes). For example, we know more about the surface of the moon and Mars than we know about the ocean's subsurface (Scientific American).
This series (In Search Of Ocean Heat, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) has been presented for years so as to offer a closer look.
III. Today's Appendices
Today's appendices help us to see that there is too much missing information concerning the ocean depths and therefore the "heat" in them.
A. Appendix One and Two
Appendix One contains graphs of the average photon count equivalent, in moles, of the WOD zones in the latitude groups of the ocean areas.
The count totals are limited to two lines on the graph, one is the count in the upper 200 meters while the other is the photon count in the depths below that.
Appendix Two is the same, however, instead of latitude groups the two lines detail the same upper 200 meters of longitude groups.
WOD depictions of the groups and zones are provided in both appendices.
B. Appendix Three and Four
Appendix Three and Appendix Four contain graphs of the same latitude and longitude groups, however, the values being graphed are the average potential enthalpy (ho) a.k.a. ocean heat content (not moles) of WOD depths.
IV. Closing Comments
All of the values used to generate the graphs in the appendices are calculated using the official TEOS-10 C++ software library to process the WOD CTD measurements stored in those WOD zones.
The reality of ocean heat content is that sometimes the combined depths below 200 meters (656.168 feet) have more potential enthalpy, more heat, and therefore more photons in them than the top 656 feet have.
This is contrary to the implications of "Current Pop Teaching" in section II above.
The previous post in this series is here.
A lack of the use of photon knowledge can lead to:
