Complex environmental <i>β</i>-plane turbulence: laboratory experiments with altimetric imaging velocimetry

Matulka, A. M.; Zhang, Y.; Afanasyev, Y. D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-21-2016

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Complex environmental and geophysical turbulence

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28 Jan 2016

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| 28 Jan 2016

Complex environmental β-plane turbulence: laboratory experiments with altimetric imaging velocimetry

A. M. Matulka, Y. Zhang, and Y. D. Afanasyev

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RC C558: 'Complex environmental and geophysical turbulence', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2015
RC C578: 'General comments and questions', Wolf-Gerrit Fruh, 09 Dec 2015
EC C580: 'Vorticity pdf and Prandtl number depedence on rotating stratified experiments', Jose M. Redondo, 10 Dec 2015
SC C594: 'Comments and Questions: Altimetry Imaging Velocimetry', Jackson David Tellez Alvarez, 17 Dec 2015
AC C619: 'Final Response', Yakov Afanasyev, 08 Jan 2016

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AR by Yakov Afanasyev on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2016)

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In this paper, a turbulent ocean is modelled in the laboratory. The rotation of the Earth around its axis is represented by the rotation of a turntable. Similar to that in the Earth's ocean, the currents in the laboratory "ocean" are created by density effects when the water is heated or made salty. The laboratory currents are measured by a system which is not unlike the satellite altimetry system used by oceanographers to create "topographic" maps of the elevation of the water surface.