Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows: Insights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations provides a broad overview of recent progress in using laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to model atmospheric and oceanic fluid motions. This volume not only surveys novel research topics in laboratory experimentation, but also highlights recent developments in the corresponding computational simulations. As computing power grows exponentially and better numerical codes are developed, the interplay between numerical simulations and laboratory experiments is gaining paramount importance within the scientific community. The lessons learnt from the laboratory model comparisons in this volume will act as a source of inspiration for the next generation of experiments and simulations. Volume highlights include: Topics pertaining to atmospheric science, climate physics, physical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics Overview of the most advanced experimental and computational research in geophysics Recent developments in numerical simulations of atmospheric and oceanic fluid motion Unique comparative analysis of the experimental and numerical approaches to modeling fluid flow Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows will be a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climate science, hydrology, and experimental geosciences.

Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows: Insights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations provides a broad overview of recent progress in using laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to model atmospheric and oceanic fluid motions. This volume not only surveys novel research topics in laboratory experimentation, but also highlights recent developments in the corresponding computational simulations. As computing power grows exponentially and better numerical codes are developed, the interplay between numerical simulations and laboratory experiments is gaining paramount importance within the scientific community. The lessons learnt from the laboratory-model comparisons in this volume will act as a source of inspiration for the next generation of experiments and simulations. Volume highlights include:* Topics pertaining to atmospheric science, climate physics, physical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics* Overview of the most advanced experimental and computational research in geophysics* Recent developments in numerical simulations of atmospheric and oceanic fluid motion* Unique comparative analysis of the experimental and numerical approaches to modeling fluid flowModeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows will be a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climate science, hydrology, and experimental geosciences.

Contributors viiPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: Simulations of Natural Flows in the Laboratory andon a Computer 1Paul F LindenSection I: Baroclinic-Driven Flows1 General Circulation of Planetary Atmospheres: Insights fromRotating Annulus and Related Experiments9Peter L Read, Edgar P Pérez, Irene M Moroz, and Roland M BYoung2 Primary Flow Transitions in the Baroclinic Annulus: PrandtlNumber Effects 45Gregory M Lewis, Nicolas Périnet, and Lennaert vanVeen3 Amplitude Vacillation in Baroclinic Flows 61Wolf-Gerrit FrühSection II: Balanced and Unbalanced Flows4 Rotation Effects on Wall-Bounded Flows: Some LaboratoryExperiments 85P Henrik Alfredsson and Rebecca J Lingwood5 Altimetry in a GFD Laboratory and Flows on the Polarbeta-Plane 101Yakov D Afanasyev6 Instabilities of Shallow-Water Flows with Vertical Shear inthe Rotating Annulus 119Jonathan Gula and Vladimir Zeitlin7 Laboratory Experiments on Flows Over Bottom Topography139Luis Zavala Sansón and Gert-Jan van Heijst8 Direct Numerical Simulations of Laboratory-Scale StratifiedTurbulence 159Michael LWaiteSection III: Atmospheric Flows9 Numerical Simulation (DNS, LES) of Geophysical LaboratoryExperiments: Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) Analogue andSimulations Toward Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Analogue179Nils PWedi10 Internal Waves in Laboratory Experiments 193Bruce Sutherland, Thierry Dauxois, and ThomasPeacock11 Frontal Instabilities at Density-Shear Interfaces inRotating Two-Layer Stratified Fluids 213Hélène Scolan, Roberto Verzicco, and Jan-BertFlórSection IV: Oceanic Flows12 Large-Amplitude Coastal Shelf Waves 231Andrew L Stewart, Paul J Dellar, and Edward RJohnson13 Laboratory Experiments With Abrupt Thermohaline Transitionsand Oscillations 255John A Whitehead14 Oceanic Island Wake Flows in the Laboratory 265Alexandre StegnerSection V: Advances in Methodology15 Lagrangian Methods in Experimental Fluid Mechanics 279Mickael Bourgoin, Jean-François Pinton, and RomainVolk16 A High-Resolution Method for Direct Numerical Simulation ofInstabilities and Transitions in a Baroclinic Cavity 297Anthony Randriamampianina and Emilia Crespo delArco17 Orthogonal Decomposition Methods to Analyze PIV, LDV, andThermography Data of Thermally Driven Rotating Annulus LaboratoryExperiments 315Uwe Harlander, Thomas von Larcher, Grady BWright, Michael HoffKiril Alexandrov, and Christoph EgbersIndex 337