An experimental study of regime transitions in a differentially heated baroclinic annulus with flat and sloping bottom topographies

A series of laboratory experiments has been carried out in a thermally driven rotating annulus to study the onset of baroclinic instability, using horizontal and uniformly sloping bottom topographies. Different wave flow regimes have been identified and their phase boundaries – expressed in terms of...

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Main Authors: M. Vincze, U. Harlander, Th. von Larcher, C. Egbers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-02-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/21/237/2014/npg-21-237-2014.pdf