Residence and exposure times : When diffusion does not matter

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 1399-1407

  Delhez, Éric J M ^a   Deleersnijder, Éric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion; CART; Exposure time; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION; BUOYANT PARTICLES; CART; CONTROL DOMAINS; DIFFUSION FLUXES; EXPOSURE-TIME; HORIZONTAL HOMOGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; INFINITE DOMAINS; INTEGRATED VALUES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; PASSIVE TRACERS; RANDOM WALK; RESIDENCE TIME; SINKING VELOCITY; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TIME INTEGRALS; TIME SPENT; TIME-SCALES; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIXED LAYER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RANDOM WALK METHOD; RESIDENCE TIME; TIMESCALE; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84870863666     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0568-y     Document Type: Article

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