Does a 'turbophoretic' effect account for layer concentrations of insects migrating in the stable night-time atmosphere?

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Reynolds, A M ^a   Reynolds, D R ^a,b   Riley, J R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect layers; Migration; Nocturnal boundary layer; Temperature inversions; Turbophoretic model; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER;

INSECT LAYERS; MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TURBOPHORETIC MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIGRATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WIND;

ACRIDOIDEA; HEXAPODA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 57349155836     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0173     Document Type: Article

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