This is a video showing wind-driven gyre circulation in a rotating tank in a lab setting.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below!
Suggested questions/discussion topics for instructors:
1. Talk about the implications of surface convergence and ocean health/trash. Why is this so important in the overall health of the ocean?
2. Recalling Ekman Spirals -- why do the paper dots at the surface circulate on the surface of the tank? (Undergraduate Level).
3. What would the resulting circulation be if the orientation of the winds were reversed? (Undergradate Level)
