Fig. 4: Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico.
From: Learning dominant physical processes with data-driven balance models
The flow is visualized with surface vorticity in units of s−1 (a) and identified balance models are shown for zonal (b) and meridional (c) dynamics. Orange regions are identified with the geostrophic balance, while the blue regions are time-varying in response to the pressure gradient and regions in white are associated with the linearized rotating Navier–Stokes equations.
