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For our Dig Deeper Project, we wanted to build on our work from Project 3, where in which we examined the general flow dynamics created by the interaction of fluids of different air masses. In Project 3, we modeled the Hadley resulting circulation as a two-layer system, but we did not really think about how consider the shape of the boundary affected and how it affects the fluid flow. Of course, fronts Fronts, the boundary between these masses, are really important for weather systems - most everyday weather phenomena occur at frontal boundaries. In this experiment, we investigated the frontal boundary more closely. : we first introduce two experiments designed to replicate two different types of fronts (atmospheric and oceanic), then discuss fronts in both the atmosphere and ocean.
(TODO insert images of fronts in the wild)
Figure 1.1: Sharp frontal boundary in Buffalo, New York. Thick clouds and precipitation often accompany cold fronts.
2 Tank Procedure
3 Background theory: Thermal Wind and Margules relation
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