A Validated Study of a Modified Shallow Water Model for Strong Cyclonic Motions and Their Structures in a Rotating Tank

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The GWB fitted distributions of cyclonic vortices S and W of (a) surface depression, (b) azimuthal velocity distribution, and (c) vorticity distribution in a radial direction. The circles represent the measured values of vortex S and the square symbols show the measured values of vortex W. Photographs showing the difference of surface profile at (d) the reference snapshot and (e) the snapshot of vortex centre.

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