wave generation – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Internal waves in a bottle

mglessmer — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:49:53 +0000

Internal waves are shown in simple 0.5l bottles. Waves travel on the interface between fluids of different densities and the phase speed of those waves depends on the density difference between the two fluids. The simplest way to demonstrate this in class can be seen below – two 0.5l plastic bottles are used, one half-filled […]

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A fetching title for a fetching photo post

mglessmer — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 05:38:37 +0000

Using a photo from one of my research cruises to explain the formation of wind waves. Wind waves are (surprise coming up!) waves generated by wind that blows over the ocean’s surface. The size of those waves depends on several factors: The strength of the wind, the length of time the wind has been blowing […]

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