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In this project, we study the radial balance of forces in a vortex.

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  1. Garrett P Marino

    Please add your comments below, following the Posting Help page.

  2. MIT Student

    I am a student in 12.307 Weather and Climate Laboratory - an undergraduate laboratory course. Results from the balanced vortex experiment I did as a project for this class are posted here: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/MITspring2009

    Student: Katheryn Decker French    Email: k_french@mit.edu

  3. University of Wisconsin Student

    I am a student in AOS 801-1: Rotating Tank Laboratory.  Results from the balanced vortex experiment have been summarized in a project report which can be found in the in the attached write up of the project 801-vortex.pdf. Students: Kathryn Mozer and Lee Welhouse
    Email:  kmozer@wiscmail.com and ljwelhouse@wiscmail.com

  4. Lodovica C Illari

    See Experiment Tips for some new ideas from students at UMassD on how to use a valve instead of a cork .  

  5. MIT Student

    I am an MIT student, attending 12.307 Climate and Weather Laboratory in the Spring of 2010.
    My oral presentation for this project can be found here - George Waitaka

  6. MIT Student

    Hello. We are MIT undergraduates Kristin Berry and Roman Kowch presenting our findings on the Balanced Motion project from 12.307 (Weather & Climate Laboratory) in Spring 2010. Click here to navigate to our page and explore our results.

  7. MIT Student

    I am an MIT student, attending 12.307 Climate and Weather Laboratory in the Spring of 2010. A pdf of my report for this project can be found here - Kyle Miller

  8. MIT Student

    I am an MIT student in 12.307. My analysis of the conservation of angular momentum in the laboratory balanced flow experiment is here.

    Todd Mooring
    mooring11@gmail.com

  9. MIT Student

    I am an MIT student in 12.307. Here is my report for Project 1 on Mass and Wind Balance. Drew Whisenant. Mass and Wind