Detecting barriers to transport: A review of different techniques

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 58-70

  Boffetta, G ^a,b   Lacorata, G ^c,d   Redaelli, G ^d   Vulpiani, A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

FTLE and FSLE; Lagrangian transport

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; KINEMATICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FINITE SCALE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS (FSLE); FINITE TIME LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS (FTLE);

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0035499303     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(01)00330-X     Document Type: Article

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