Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies

Florida State University

200 R.M. Johnson Bldg, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840

Eddy Simulations

  1. Simulation on a f-plane with one eddy in a box:

  2. The box is 200x200 with 2 layers.

  3. Velocity 2nd layer = 0.

Fig. 1: Profiles of interface depth and v-velocity for 1st experiment :

center of the eddy at i=25 (24-IDL)

Fig. 2: Velocity and dp after one day.

Fig. 3: Velocity and dp after 150 day.

Fig. 4: Profiles of interface depth and v-velocity for 2nd experiment :

center of the eddy at i=20 (19-IDL)

Fig. 5: Animation of Velocity and dp for 200 days of simulation. FREESLIP

Fig. 6: Profiles of interface depth and v-velocity for 3rd experiment :

center of the eddy at i=18 (17-IDL)

Fig. 7: Animation of Velocity and dp for 200 days of simulation. FREESLIP

Fig. 9: Animation of Velocity and dp for 200 days of simulation. NOSLIP

Fig. 8: Animation of profile of dp  and V-vel for 120 days of simulation. FREESLIP

Fig. 10: Animation of profile of dp  and V-vel for 120 days of simulation. NOSLIP