Here we have performed a series of rotating tank experiments to study the effect of this predicted resonance and to model the corresponding energy and momentum transfer to deep-water circulation. The lab experiments include a rigid-lid which is librated periodically and stochastically in the rotating frame, exerting stress on the top of the water surface, thus mimicking the effect of the wind stress. We examine different rotation rates and, different stratification profiles.
The results of these lab experiments will be used to verify the theory and GCM results of the wind-resonance and its relevance to the large scale ocean circulation.
PROJECT LEADER :
Yosef Ashkenazy : Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
TEAM MEMBERS :
Miklos Vincze : Hungarian Academy of Sciences, MTA-ELTE Theoretical Physics Research group, Budapest, Hungary
Nora Fenyvesi : Eotvos Lorand University, Institute of Physics, Budapest, Hungary