Chaotic advection in the restricted four-vortex problem on a sphere

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-53

  Newton, Paul K ^a   Ross, Shane D ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaotic advection; Ergodicity; Mixing; Particle transport; Vortex ring

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MIXING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STROBOSCOPES;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; ERGODICITY; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; VORTEX RING;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33750057018     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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