Anomalous diffusion in asymmetric random walks with a quasi-geostrophic flow example

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 291-310

  Weeks, Eric R ^a   Urbach, J S ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; ASYMMETRIC RANDOM WALKS; FLIGHT TIME; ONE-DIMENSIONAL RANDOM WALKS; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STICKING TIME;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 0030257416     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(96)00082-6     Document Type: Article

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