Complex environmental <i>β</i>-plane turbulence: laboratory experiments with altimetric imaging velocimetry

Matulka, A. M.; Zhang, Y.; Afanasyev, Y. D.

doi:10.5194/npg-23-21-2016

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Complex environmental and geophysical turbulence

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28 Jan 2016

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| 28 Jan 2016

Complex environmental β-plane turbulence: laboratory experiments with altimetric imaging velocimetry

A. M. Matulka, Y. Zhang, and Y. D. Afanasyev

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Short summary

In this paper, a turbulent ocean is modelled in the laboratory. The rotation of the Earth around its axis is represented by the rotation of a turntable. Similar to that in the Earth's ocean, the currents in the laboratory "ocean" are created by density effects when the water is heated or made salty. The laboratory currents are measured by a system which is not unlike the satellite altimetry system used by oceanographers to create "topographic" maps of the elevation of the water surface.