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General Circulation Experiment at MIT

We are two graduate students from MIT and we would like to share our experiences in carrying out the General Circulation Experiment in our GFD laboratory. For more see:
Gen Circ - MIT (Wilken and Julian) - https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/Gen+Circ+-+MIT+%28Wilken+and+Julian%29

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

As part of a graduate lab course at UW-Madison, we performed several General Circulation experiments. Here is a summary of our procedure and results:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/download/attachments/10986512/UWisc_gencirc_tank_exp.pdf

Aronne Merrelli and Mark Smalley
merrelli, smalley2, both at wisc.edu

Another set of General Circulation experiments performed at the UW-Madison rotating tank lab. In these experiments, an extra insert was used to introduce a slope to the tank bottom. The sloping bottom simulates the beta plane approximation.

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/download/attachments/10986512/UWisc_gencirc_betaplane.pdf

Aronne Merrelli and Mark Smalley
merrelli, smalley2, both at wisc.edu

I am an undergraduate student at MIT, and I conducted this experiment through the class 12.307 - Weather and Climate Lab.  A report on my project and findings can be found here:

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/download/attachments/10986512/agard_general_circ.pdf

Hi all!  I'm another undergraduate student at MIT, and I also conducted the General Circulation experiment for 12.307 -Weather and Climate Lab.  Here's a link to where you can find my report... and plenty of colorful images of the experiment! 

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/MIT+undergrad%27s+General+Circulation+Lab

We're undergraduate students at MIT. We also conducted the general circulation experiment in 12.307 - Weather and Climate Lab. Our findings can be found at wiki_post_complete.pdf

Aimee Harrison
Michelle Slosberg

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

Hi! We did the slow rotation general circulation experiment and recorded it from the side using our side-view camera stand as well as from the top.  In the side video you can clearly see the thermal wind balanced with the radial temperature gradient as is expected in the Hadley cell. Also, since our weight is inside the can and near one side you can see an obstruction in the Hadley circulation in the form of two large, divergent eddies because there is less ice in that area and therefore it is warmer, obstructing the circular flow. From the top view you can view the Hadley Circulation as well.

Here are the links to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsCo0vGEis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyNGs7zpF4

I am an MIT senior in Archaeology and Materials Science. Here is my Hadley Circulation presentation as part of the General Circulation laboratory assignment. Hadley Cell

I am a graduate student in Computer Science at MIT. As a part of my minor in EAPS I have attended 12.307- Weather and Climate Laboratory. Here is a summary of the Hadley project I have carried out for 12.307 - see General Circulation — The Hadley Cell by Ian Jacobi

I am a junior taking 12:307 (Weather and Climate Lab). This is my final report on the general circulation project, focusing on Hadley circulation. See here

I am an undergrad in EAPS taking 12.307. My report is here.

Hi there--we're MIT students Casey Hilgenbrink and Kathryn Materna.  We are both EAPS students taking 12.307, MIT's Weather and Climate Lab.

Our results for the General Circulation experiment can be found here!

Hi! We are Christopher Klingshirn and Violet Luo. Chris is a MIT sophomore in Physics and Violet is from Wellesley College.

We are taking 12.307 - Weather and Climate Lab, and here is a link to our report on general circulation:

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/PAOCLABG/General+Circulation+-+Violet+Luo+and+Christopher+Klingshirn

Hello, here is our wiki (Sheila and Costa): General Circulation Experiment

We're MIT students taking 12.307 during Spring 2015. Here's our wiki posting on the General Circulation project: General Circulation Wiki Page

-Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Katrina

Hi! We're taking 12.307 in Spring 2016 semester at MIT. Here's our wiki posting: General Circulation - Allison Schneider and Rung Panasawatwong 

- Allison and Rung

Hi, we have taken 12.307 in Spring 2016. Here's is our summary of the Hadley circulation - Jordan, Matthew and Brynna.

Hi , 

Elisa and Ju, we were taking 12.307 in Spring 2017. Here is our summary for the general circulation project: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/x/vwpBBw

- Elisa and Ju

Hi,

Here is a summary of my project about the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic zone and how it relates to hurricanes in the area:

The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone.

Amanda Vanegas Ledesma,

Spring 2021

link to Adrian test