Dispersal by randomly varying currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112083001664zbMath0555.76071OpenAlexW2004316350MaRDI QIDQ3220248

G. T. Csanady

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083001664

zbMATH Keywords

velocity fluctuationadvection velocitysteady-state advection-diffusion equation'young' and 'old' puffs of contaminantLong-term oceanic dispersal of persistent contaminantsrandomly varying currentssteady plume in a slow-moving current

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Free convection (76R10)

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• Analytical theory of turbulent diffusion