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The Coriolis platform is the largest rotating table in the world. It belongs to the Laboratoire Des Ecoulements Geophysiques et Industriels (LEGI) at Grenoble, France. The main activity is the experimental modeling of geophysical flows, taking into account Earth rotation, with or without density stratification or topography.
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The most recent articles
The most recent articles
Y. Cohen, N. Paldor & J. Sommeria
Laboratory experiments and a non-harmonic theory for topographic Rossby waves over a linearly sloping bottom on the f-plane
J. Fluid Mech. 645 , 479 - 496 (2010)
Thursday 16 December 2010
by Louis Gostiaux
Low-frequency waves that develop in a shallow layer of fluid, contained in a channel with linearly slopping bottom and rotating with uniform angular speed are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Exact numerical solutions of the eigenvalue problem, obtained from the linearized shallow (...) > continue
A. Swart, A. Manders, U. Harlander and L.R.M. Maas
Experimental observation of strong mixing due to internal wave focusing over sloping terrain.
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 50,16-34 (2010)
Thursday 16 December 2010
This paper reports on experimental observation of internal waves that are focussed due to a sloping topography. A remarkable mixing of the density field was observed. This result is of importance for the deep ocean, where internal waves are believed to play a role in mixing. The experiments (...) > continue
La Plate-forme Coriolis en 7 posters
Service Communication CNRS, 2010
Saturday 23 October 2010
by Louis Gostiaux
A l’occasion de la fête de la science 2010, nous avons réalises 7 posters présentant différents aspects de la recherche à la plate-forme Coriolis.
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Theo Gerkema and Louis Gostiaux
Petite histoire de la force de Coriolis
La météorologie, 8(69), 25–29 (2010)
Tuesday 8 June 2010
by Louis Gostiaux
En 1835, Gustave Coriolis dériva de ses équations les forces qui agissent sur les corps en déplacement dans un système en rotation. Son travail trouva l’inspiration dans l’étude des machines tournantes – nous étions alors en pleine révolution industrielle. Pourtant, le premier système en rotation qui (...) > continue
Samuel Teinturier, Alexandre Stegner, Henri Didelle, Samuel Viboud
Small-scale instabilities of an island wake flow in a rotating shallow-water layer
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 49 (2010) 1-24
Monday 8 March 2010
by Louis Gostiaux
Unlike the standard two-dimensional Kármán street, the oceanic vortex streets which may occur behind isolated islands are affected by the earth’s rotation and the vertical stratification of the thermocline. These effects induce a selective destabilisation of anticyclonic vorticity regions. Several (...) > continue
