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0004 :numref:`lab-simulation` shows MITgcm being used to simulate a
0005 laboratory experiment (:numref:`lab_photo`) inquiring into the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). An
0006 initially homogeneous tank of water (1 m in diameter) is driven from its
0007 free surface by a rotating heated disk. The combined action of mechanical
0008 and thermal forcing creates a lens of fluid which becomes baroclinically
0009 unstable. The stratification and depth of penetration of the lens is
0010 arrested by its instability in a process analogous to that which sets the
0011 stratification of the ACC.
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0014 .. figure:: figs/labflow.png
0015 :width: 70%
0016 :align: center
0017 :alt: lab_photo
0018 :name: lab_photo
0019
0020 A 1 m diameter laboratory experiment simulating the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
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0022 .. figure:: figs/lab.png
0023 :width: 70%
0024 :align: center
0025 :alt: lab-simulation
0026 :name: lab-simulation
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0028 A numerical simulation of the laboratory experiment using MITgcm.
