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Collaborative Taylor column experiments during lockdown

November 12, 2020

We’ve become quite experienced with remotely-controlled rotating tank experiments, but the current lockdown brought us into yet another new-to-us situation: We had plans to film and live-stream tank experiments from…

Taylor column in rheoscopic fluid

October 12, 2020

I have a slightly complicated history with Taylor column experiments — even though the experiments look fine compared to all other videos I’ve found online, I somehow always had higher expectations.…

Taylor column

October 16, 2019

I was super keen on trying the Taylor column experiment, but maybe I expected things to look too much like my sketch below, or my technique isn’t quite perfect yet,…

Planetary Rossby waves on Beta-plane. A super easy tank experiment!

September 13, 2019

This is seriously one of the easiest tank experiments I have ever run! And I have been completely overthinking it for the last couple of weeks. Quick reminder: This is…

Taylor column in a rotating tank

September 11, 2019

For both of my tank experiment projects, in Bergen and in Kiel, we want to develop a Taylor column demonstration. So here are my notes on the setup we are…

Combining rotation of a water tank with a temperature gradient: A Hadley cell circulation demo!

August 15, 2019

Yesterday, we combined a thermally-driven overturning circulation with the effects of rotation, and thus created a Hadley cell circulation. And while the tank was turning faster than we would have…

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Collaborative Taylor column experiments during lockdown

Taylor column in rheoscopic fluid

Taylor column

Planetary Rossby waves on Beta-plane. A super easy tank experiment!

Taylor column in a rotating tank

Combining rotation of a water tank with a temperature gradient: A Hadley cell circulation demo!

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