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Zonal jets in equilibrating baroclinic instability on the polar beta-plane: experiments with altimetry
A. M. Matulka, Y. D. Afanasyev
Results from the laboratory experiments on the evolution of baroclinically unstable flows generated in a rotating tank with topographic beta-effect are presented. We study zonal je…
Rossby wave radiation by an eddy on a beta-plane: Experiments with laboratory altimetry
Yang Zhang, Y. D. Afanasyev
Results from the laboratory experiments on the evolution of vortices (eddies) generated in a rotating tank with topographic beta-effect are presented. The surface elevation and vel…
Beta-plane turbulence: experiments with altimetry
Y. Zhang, Y. D. Afanasyev
Results from a new series of experiments on barotropic and baroclinic turbulent flows generated in a rotating tank with topographic beta-effect are presented. The velocity fields a…
Buoyancy storms in a zonal stream on the polar beta-plane: experiments with altimetry
Yi Sui, Yakov D. Afanasyev
Results from a new series of experiments on flows generated by localized heating in the presence of a background zonal current on the polar beta-plane are presented. The flow induc…
Altimetric measurements of rotating turbulence: cyclone-anticyclone asymmetry, inertial and Kelvin waves and spectral characteristics
Y. D. Afanasyev, J. D. C. Craig
Results from a new series of experiments on turbulent flows in a rotating circular container are presented. Electromagnetic forcing is applied to induce flow in a layer of fluid of…