Graduate Teaching |
Some of these experiments are shown and explained below. Click on the images for more details.
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Beta-Plane:
demonstrating the effect of a bottom slope or the curvature of the Earth on large-scale rotating fluid flows |
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Double Diffusion:
demonstrating layering in density stratified fluids due to competing effects of salt and heat diffusion |
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Ekman Pumping:
demonstrating how surface stress affects mixing in rotating fluids |
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Gravity Currents in a 2-Layer Fluid:
demonstrating the generation of waves due to an intrusion of dense saline water. |
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Gravity Currents on a Slope:
demonstrating the flow of dense saline water down an incline |
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Salt Fingers:
demonstrating the evolution of hot, saline water overlying cold fresh water |