CLIMATE CONNECTION
Link the laboratory to world-scale climate data.
Link the laboratory to world-scale climate data.
NUMERICAL MODEL
MIT-GCM simulation - a collapsing dense
fluid cylinder in a rotating lab tank.
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ISOSRF (cyan)-> denser fluid: -5o C
ISOSRF (blue)-> cyclonic (CCW) u-flow: 2.5 cm/s
CONTOUR (white)-> positive u: .5 cm/s interval
CONTOUR (red)-> negative u: .5 cm/s interval
MIT-GCM simulation - a collapsing dense
fluid cylinder in a rotating lab tank.
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ISOSRF (cyan)-> denser fluid: -5o C
ISOSRF (blue)-> cyclonic (CCW) u-flow: 2.5 cm/s
CONTOUR (white)-> positive u: .5 cm/s interval
CONTOUR (red)-> negative u: .5 cm/s interval
OBSERVATIONS
NCEP-Global Forecast Model for May 2010
Atmospheric data for the northern hemisphere
Cold air over the pole & associated upper level flow
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ISOSRF (cyan)-> potential temperature [θ]: 315 K
ISOSRF (blue)-> west-to-east [u] jet flow: 40 m/s
CONTOUR (white)-> positive u: 5 m/s interval
CONTOUR (red)-> negative u: 5 m/s interval
NCEP-Global Forecast Model for May 2010
Atmospheric data for the northern hemisphere
Cold air over the pole & associated upper level flow
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ISOSRF (cyan)-> potential temperature [θ]: 315 K
ISOSRF (blue)-> west-to-east [u] jet flow: 40 m/s
CONTOUR (white)-> positive u: 5 m/s interval
CONTOUR (red)-> negative u: 5 m/s interval
