Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere

Lecture 18

The following demonstrations are graphic representations of concepts discussed in the lecture notes (PDF).

Page 1: Stommel 1 Gyre

• linear model (GIF)
• zeta (GIF)
• Stommel di=0.023 (GIF)
• zeta (GIF)
• di=0.071 (GIF)
• zeta (GIF)
• di=0.23 (GIF)
• zeta (GIF)

Page 1: Two Gyre

• di=0.0093 (GIF)
• q (GIF)
• di=0.030 (GIF)
• q (GIF)
• di=0.093 (GIF)
• q (GIF)

Page 3: Example

• single layer (GIF)