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Launch Video

In this project we study 'cylinder collapse' and its connection to atmospheric fronts.

Please use the space below to:

  1. 1. Comment on your general experience with the experiment.
  2. 2. Post images of your own or links to video - see Posting Help.
  3. 3. Post tips on carrying out the experiment in the Experiment Tipspage.
  4. 4. Teachers should use the For Teachers page to share feedbacks and curriculum material. 

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8 Comments

  1. Garrett P Marino

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

  2. Lodovica C Illari

    A lab activity from LT Jon Andrechik, Instructor, Marine Science, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
    has been posted in the Fronts - Forum for Teachers page.

  3. University of Wisconsin Student

    Link to page

     https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/Adding+Page+from+WI

  4. University of Wisconsin Student

    Link to page with written report: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/UWisconsin+Fronts+Lab+Report

  5. MIT Student

    Hi all!  MIT senior Elizabeth Maroon here.  I've finally started posting all of my reports from last semester's Tank and Synoptic lab class, and thought some of you might be interested in what I did for the experiment on fronts.... so here it is at this link:

    https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/Elizabeth+Maroon%27s+%28MIT%29+Fronts+Report

  6. MIT Student

    I am a MIT senior in Architecture, who has been attending 12.307 - Weather and Climate Laboratory. Here is my report of the Fronts project. Bill McKenna

  7. Johns Hopkins Student

    Here is a video of the Fronts experiment that we conducted in a JHU lab. It was recorded with a side view camera that we attached to the table (see Taylor experiment for details about the camera). It was a successful experiment, except for a lot of reflection appearing on the video due to the tank, making the visualization of the polar front less clear. A lot of pressure was applied on the cylinder while the tank was spun up to solid-body rotation, so that water from the main tank would not seep through the bottom. This enabled us to fill up the cylinder with dyed saltine solution without having to remove water from it and disturb the system.

    Here is a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NML4kqyJyM

    Hope you like it!

  8. MIT Student

    The following is a report that I wrote up regarding atmospheric fronts in 12.307 – Weather and Climate Laboratory. The Conveyor Belt of the Skies: Thermal Wind and the Jet Stream

    --Ian Jacobi