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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-02-01
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Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/21/237/2014/npg-21-237-2014.pdf |