Movie: unstable baroclinic current (steep slope)
Vorticity field (blue: anticyclonic/ red: cyclonic) of an unstable baroclinic current over a steep bottom slope (To= -1.3). The vorticity was computed from PIV performed on the UME-LMD rotating plateform.
OW_S50_N0.mov — QuickTime video, 3.28 MB (3441817 bytes)