Mediterranean outflow
Students demonstrating the mediterranean outflow in a tank.
As reported earlier, students had to conduct experiments and present their results as part of CMM31. Niklas chose to demonstrate the mediterranean outflow – warm and salty water leaving the Mediterranean and sinking to a couple of kilometer’s depth in the Atlantic Ocean.
Since I happened to be around, they allowed me to document the experiments and blog about it, but there is a great description, including a movie, to be uploaded on the webpages of the University Centre of the Westfjords.
When the guys were done with the experiment, I couldn’t help but suggest to tip the tank so that the densest water would spill back into “the Mediterranean”. Check out the movie below if you fancy playing!
Similarity requirements of a hydrodynamic model | Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching says:
[…] surface? You bet. On the other hand, do you expect to see Meddies when running outflow experiments like this one? And even if you saw double diffusion happening in that experiment, would the scales be on scale to […]
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Why we actually need a large tank — similarity requirements of a hydrodynamic model – Elin Darelius & team's scientific adventures says:
[…] surface? You bet. On the other hand, do you expect to see Meddies when running outflow experiments like this one? And even if you saw double diffusion happening in that experiment, would the scales be on scale to […]
Why we actually need a large tank — similarity requirements of a hydrodynamic model – Mirjam S. Glessmer says:
[…] surface? You bet. On the other hand, do you expect to see Meddies when running outflow experiments like this one? And even if you saw double diffusion happening in that experiment, would the scales be on scale to […]