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Numerical caracterisation of large-scale wakes Click on images to see the movies quasi-geostrophic wakes Re=200, Ro=0.06, Bu=2, lambda=0.03 vorticity, scale : min=-0.1f - max=0.1f                                        potential vorticity, scale : min=-0.1f/geop0   max=0.1f/geop0 geopotential, échelle : min=-0.04geop0   max=0.04geop0 Frontal wakes Re=250, Ro=0.12, Bu=0.1, lambda=1.2 vorticity, scale : min=-0.3f    max=0.3f                                        potential vorticity, scale : min=-1.8f/geop0 max=135f/geop0         geopotential, scale : min=-0.86 geop0    max=1.03 geop0          divergence, scale : min=-0.03f     max=0.3f