Movie from clothing simulator app: cloth draped over an ellipsoid with a rightward breeze.
I've also worked on models with continents (outlined in grey - plate boundaries in black). See Trim & Lowman (2016, JGR-Solid Earth) for details.
Sean Trim
Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science
University of Saskatchewan
Snapshots of fluid dynamics models of mantle convection featuring variations in composition and tectonic plates (vertical green bars show plate boundaries). From Trim et al. (2014, Earth and Planetary Science Letters).