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Fall 2007

Labs

The Lab Experiments are linked below. Please note that Lab Experiment IX was skipped (as shown in the calendar) and Lab Experiment XV is not available to OCW users.

GFD0: Rotation stiffens fluids
GFDI: Cloud formation on adiabatic expansion
GFDII: Convection
GFDIII: Radial inflow
GFDIV: Parabolic table
GFDV: Inertial circles
GFDVI: Perrot's bathtub experiment
GFDVII: Taylor columns
GFDVIII: Thermal wind and Hadley circulation
GFDIX: Slope of a frontal surface
GFDX: Ekman layers
GFDXI: Atmospheric general circulation
GFDXII: Ekman pumping and suction
GFDXIII: Ocean gyres
GFDXIV: Thermohaline circulation

GFD0: Rotation stiffens fluids

Taylor Columns revealed by food coloring in a rotating tank.

GFDI: Cloud formation on adiabatic expansion

GFDII: Convection

Convection due to heating from below.

GFDIII: Radial inflow

Radial inflow.

GFDIV: Parabolic table

Parabolic table.

GFDV: Inertial circles

Visualizing the Coriolis effect.

GFDVI: Perrot's bathtub experiment

Experiment on Earth's rotation.

GFDVII: Taylor columns

Taylor Columns over a bump.

GFDVIII: Thermal wind and Hadley circulation

Thermal wind and the Hadley circulation.

GFDIX: Slope of a frontal surface

Slope of a frontal surface.

GFDX: Ekman layers

Spin down of a cyclone.

GFDXI: Atmospheric general circulation

General circulation of the atmosphere.

GFDXII: Ekman pumping and suction

Stress-driven flow.

GFDXIII: Ocean gyres

Ocean gyres.

GFDXIV: Thermohaline circulation

Stommel-Arons.