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Multiple jet formation in a convectively driven flow on a beta-plane

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We present results from laboratory experiments carried out on the Coriolis rotating platform in Grenoble, France, to investigate the influence of a topographic beta-plane (obtained via a sloping bottom) on convectively-driven geostrophic turbulence. Dense, salty water is sprayed continuously onto the surface of the tank, which leads to the formation of a field of convective vortices. In the presence of a sloping bottom, the vortices interact nonlinearly, leading to the formation of a series of quasi-steady, parallel azimuthal jets on a scale comparable with the so-called Rhines scale LR = π 2U/β. Such jets are not found with a flat bottom. Implications will be discussed in the context of various geophysical problems, including the atmospheres of the outer planets and the Earth's oceans.
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hal-00260946 , version 1 (02-03-2020)

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Peter L Read, Hiro Yashuhiro Yamazaki, Stephen R Lewis, Paul D Williams, Kuniko Miki-Yamazaki, et al.. Multiple jet formation in a convectively driven flow on a beta-plane. XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Aug 2004, Warsaw, Poland. ⟨hal-00260946⟩

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