Tracer age symmetry in advective-diffusive flows

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 51-59

  Hall, Timothy M ^a   Haine, Thomas W N ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion; Age; Ocean transport; Tracers

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRAJECTORIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

ADVECTION; GEOPHYSICAL FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AGE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER;

EID: 2942704202     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.01.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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