Particle dispersion by random waves in rotating shallow water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 638, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-26

  Bühler, Oliver ^a   Holmes Cerfon, Miranda ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VELOCITY;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; INTERACTION THEORY; PARTICLE DIFFUSIVITY; PARTICLE DISPERSION; SECOND-ORDER CORRECTION; SHALLOW-WATER SYSTEMS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RANDOM WAVE; ROTATING FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 76349104446     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991091     Document Type: Article

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