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Ekman layers in my kitchen

May 21, 2020

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…

Demonstrating Ekman layers in a rotating tank: High pressure and low pressure systems!

August 11, 2019

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

October 31, 2018

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.

November 22, 2013

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?

October 11, 2013

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…

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Ekman layers in my kitchen

Demonstrating Ekman layers in a rotating tank: High pressure and low pressure systems!

Bottom Ekman layer without a rotating table

Ekman spiral in a tank.

Why do we get an Ekman spiral?

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