Ekman layers in my kitchen
Several of my friends were planning on teaching with DIYnamics rotating tables right now. Unfortunately, that’s currently impossible. Fortunately, though, I have one at home and enjoy playing with it enough…
Tag: Ekman spiral
Demonstrating Ekman layers in a rotating tank: High pressure and low pressure systems!
Ekman spirals — current profiles that rotate their direction over depth, caused by friction and Coriolis force — are really neat to observe in a rotating tank. I just found…
Bottom Ekman layer without a rotating table
Can you do a bottom Ekman layer demonstration without a rotating table? That’s the kind of challenge I like :-) The way I’ve previously showed bottom Ekman layers is by…
Ekman spiral in a tank.
Tank experiment showing (the effects of) the Ekman spiral. One experiments that has been run in GEOF130 forever is the “Ekman spiral” experiment. A tank filled with water is spun…
Why do we get an Ekman spiral?
Visualizing an Ekman spiral using a deck of cards. To state this right upfront: this post will not explain why the surface layer is moving at a 45 degree angle…