Dispersion of passive tracers in closed basins: Beyond the diffusion coefficient

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3162-3171

  Artale, V ^a   Boffetta, G ^b   Celani, A ^c   Cencini, M ^d   Vulpiani, A ^d  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EULERIAN VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN MOTION; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; PASSIVE TRACERS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0031280861     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869433     Document Type: Article

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