Lagrangian coherent structures and the smallest finite-time Lyapunov exponent

Chaos

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Haller, George ^a   Sapsis, Themistoklis ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 79960005610     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3579597     Document Type: Article

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