On the estimation of Lagrangian diffusivity: Influence of nonstationary mean flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2796-2811

  Qian, Yu Kun ^a   Peng, Shiqiu ^a   Liang, Chang Xia ^b   Lumpkin, Rick ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; Diffusion; Dispersion; Mixing; Models and modeling; Parameterization; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; DRIFTER DATUM; INHOMOGENEITIES; MONSOON WINDS; NON-STATIONARITIES; NONSTATIONARY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHEAR DISPERSION;

SHEAR FLOW;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84910030257     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0058.1     Document Type: Article

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