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Old 12/25/2007, 10:19 PM
rjrobert rjrobert is offline
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Water flow at surface is often a result of pressure differentials and wind/coriolas

Water flow at depth is often the result of the temperature currents as the water in the north pushes to the south and the water in the south pushes to the north to balance temperature.

Would be interesting to see if their is a magic depth where the majority of surface variable disappears and how much the size of the disturbance affects that magic zone.

Would be interesting to see how that affects the design of our flow in the tanks and put some real data behind when laminar vs. chaotic random water flows would be more appropriate based on the optimal depth the creatures in our tanks live at.

Would also be interesting to see how those flows change with the summer vs. winter seasons.