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Shallow Water Model Exercise
Shallow Water Model Exercise
OR IN MATLAB CODE:
% Du/Dt = (f0 + beta*y)v - g*Deta/Dx
% Dv/Dt = -(f0 + beta*y)u - g*Deta/Dy
% Deta/Dt = -H*(Du/Dx + Dv/Dy)
OR IN MATLAB CODE:
% Du/Dt = (f0 + beta*y)v - g*Deta/Dx
% Dv/Dt = -(f0 + beta*y)u - g*Deta/Dy
% Deta/Dt = -H*(Du/Dx + Dv/Dy)
1. In the first example we will neglect the effect of the earths rotation
and concentrate only on the effects of gravity.
2. Then in the second example we will add the effects of the earths
rotation (Coriolis acceleration – f plane) and observe the change in
the response.
3. Finally we will investigate the fact that in reality the magnitude of
Coriolis acceleration changes with latitude due to the sphericity of the
earth (Beta plane).
NON ROTATING PLANET: EXERCISE 1
• Enter the simulation duration in days
2
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
[10000 10000 1]
• Enter 0 for no rotation
• Enter 2 for Gaussian hump (2D "bump")
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
1000
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
1
• Bottom topography Enter 0 for flat floor
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
NON ROTATING PLANET: EXERCISE 2
• Enter the simulation duration in days
same
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
same
• Enter 0 for no rotation
• Enter 1 for zonal Gaussian trough (long wave)
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
same
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
same
• Bottom topography Enter 0 for flat floor
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
NON ROTATING PLANET: EXERCISE 3
• Enter the simulation duration in days
same
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
same
• Enter 0 for no rotation
• Enter 1 for zonal Gaussian trough (long wave)
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
same
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
same
• Bottom topography: Add a ledge!
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
ADDING ROTATION: EXERCISE 4
• Enter the simulation duration in days
same
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
same
• Enter 1 for rotation
• Enter 2 for Gaussian hump (2D "bump")
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
same
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
same
• Bottom topography Enter 0 for flat floor
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
Now play around with perturbation and topography
Agulhas rings depicted in the layer thickness (m) derived from altimeter data (T/P+ERS)
and WOA98 hydrographic data during September 26, 1999
http://www-aviso.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/publication/news/news8/obrien_fr.html
EFFECT OF SPHERICITY: EXERCISE 5
• Enter the simulation duration in days
5
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
same
• Enter 2 for beta plane (f changing with latitude)
• Enter 2 for Gaussian hump (2D "bump")
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
1000
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
1
• Bottom topography Enter 0 for flat floor
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
EFFECT OF SPHERICITY: EXERCISE 6
• Enter the simulation duration in days
5
• Enter dimensions of basin in square brackets:
[length(km) width(km) depth(km)]
same
• Enter 3 for beta plane (crossing the equator)
• Enter 1 for zonal Gaussian trough (long wave)
• Define diameter of initial perturbation in km
1000
• Define amplitude of initial perturbation in m
1
• Bottom topography Enter 0 for flat floor
• What type of perspective? You choose 0 or 1
Mean dynamic topography - oceanic relief corresponding to permanent ocean circulation,
computed from hydrologic and drifting buoys, used jointly with altimetry measurements
and gravimetric satellite data. Arrows proportional to current speed.
This dynamic topography shows all the features of general circulation: gyres and western
boundary current (Gulf Stream, Kuroshio, Brazil/Malvinas Confluence area) appear clearly
on the map; so too does the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/news/idm/2003/feb-2003-ocean-currents/index.html
TOPEX/Poseidon was the first space mission that allowed scientists to map ocean
topography with sufficient accuracy to study the large-scale current systems of
the world's ocean. This image was constructed from 10 days of TOPEX/Poseidon
data (October 3 to October 12, 1992), yet it reveals most of the current systems
identified by shipboard observations collected over the last 100 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography