Tag: tidal mixing
Tidal mixing on a (fjord’s) sill
A pink swirl going across a styrofoam block underneath a layer of yellow water? What’s going on here? The picture was taken in a water tank, simulating the circulation of water masses in a fjord. A fjord is a long and narrow bay, usually with a sill that is separating the bay from the open […]
Tank demonstration of the circulation in a fjord
It has been a long time in the making, but finally we have a nice fjord circulation in our tank! Pierre and I tried to improve it 6 years ago, Steffi, Ailin and I have been working on it for a couple of days last August, then finally this morning, Steffi and I tried again — […]
