Testing the limits of quasi-geostrophic theory: application to observed laboratory flows outside the quasi-geostrophic regime

We compare laboratory observations of equilibrated baroclinic waves in the rotating two-layer annulus, with numerical simulations from a quasi-geostrophic model. The laboratory experiments lie well outside the quasi-geostrophic regime: the Rossby number reaches unity; the depth-to-width aspect ratio...

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Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Williams, P, Read, P, Haine, T
Formáid: Journal article
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: 2010