A simple prediction algorithm for the Lagrangian motion in two-dimensional turbulent flows

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-148

  Piterbarg, Leonid I ^a   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagrangian motion; Oceanographic applications; Prediction; Stochastic flow; Stochastic simulations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERING; LINEARIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CENTER OF MASS PREDICTION METHOD; LAGRANGIAN MOTION; STOCHASTIC FLOW; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0036706344     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003613990139194X     Document Type: Article

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