Modeling of convective vortex structures on a slope: from generation and propagation in a stratified medium to interaction with internal waves. Experiment in laboratory tank
https://doi.org/10.59887/2073-6673.2025.18(4)-1
EDN: CYRCYK
Abstract
A solitary gravitational current over an inclined bottom is being investigated in the thermostratified laboratory tank of the SPb IO RAS. In the framework of a laboratory experiment close to real natural conditions, preliminary studies of complex, nonlinear processes of interaction of the bottom density flow, stratification and internal waves were carried out. The full life cycle of the formed vortex structures is considered: from their origin on a slope, development and propagation in a stratified environment, to their interaction with the field of internal waves. During the experiments, empirical data were obtained to verify a non-hydrostatic model with a spatial resolution that allows explicit reproduction of individual convective jets and vortices.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for IO RAS (theme № FMWE-2024-0029).
About the Authors
А. А. Rodionov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Scopus AuthorID: 56223713100, WoS ResearcherID: AAT‑6466-2021
36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow 117997
R. Ye. Vankevich
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Scopus AuthorID: 25642198100, WoS ResearcherID: M‑3215-2013
36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow 117997
А. А. Lobanov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow 117997
N. N. Shpilev
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow 117997
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Rodionov А.А., Vankevich R.Ye., Lobanov А.А., Shpilev N.N. Modeling of convective vortex structures on a slope: from generation and propagation in a stratified medium to interaction with internal waves. Experiment in laboratory tank. Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics. 2025;18(4):8-19. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.59887/2073-6673.2025.18(4)-1. EDN: CYRCYK
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