A series of experiments have been carried out at the Coriolis platform to investigate the influence of Coriolis forces on turbulence in straight and sinuous submarine channels with non-erodible (fixed) beds. Work focusses on the turbulence structure of the bottom boundary layer, the presence and nature of Ekman boundary layers, mixing and entrainment at the gravity current - ambient interface, and the redistribution of turbulence within the flow as a result of three-dimensional bend flow.
Jeffrey Peakall, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Stephen Darby, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Gareth Mark Keevil, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Joel Sommeria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France
Samuel Viboud, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Anna Wåhlin, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
Mathew Graeme Wells, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada