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Many aspects of the thermally-driven circulation in the atmosphere or oceans can be studied on the laboratory scale via the cylindrical rotating annulus. In this paper, we review the basic geophysical motivation for such experiments, and discuss all the principal flow regimes so far studied. Particular emphasis is placed (a) on the underlying dynamics of the steady axisymmetric flow, (b) the structure and stability of the baroclinic wave regime, and (c) the possible transition scenarios to chaotic and/or irregular flow studied to date.
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Read, P.L. (1992). Rotating Annulus Flows and Baroclinic Waves. In: Hopfinger, E.J. (eds) Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 329. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2602-8_9
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