Open ocean regimes of relative dispersion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 533, Issue , 2005, Pages 381-407

  Ollitrault, Michel ^a   Gabillet, Céline ^b   De Verdière, Alain Colin ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b French Naval Academy   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EDDY CURRENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS; ROTATION; SEPARATION;

EARTH ROTATION; EDDY MOTIONS; GEOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; RELATIVE DIFFUSIVITY; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RICHARDSON REGIME; TAYLOR ABSOLUTE DISPERSION REGIME;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; EDDY; FLUID MECHANICS; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 22144482696     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004556     Document Type: Article

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