Chaotic mixing and transport in Rossby-wave critical layers (Q4358947)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1071567
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1071567 |
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Chaotic mixing and transport in Rossby-wave critical layers (English)
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28 February 1999
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passive tracer
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two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian system
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streamfunction
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0.7868361473083496
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In two-dimensional incompressible flows where there exists a streamfunction, the relationship between the velocity of a passive tracer and the streamfunction is analogous to the equations of motion of a two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian system. Transport and mixing can then be discussed as a form of Hamiltonian chaos [see e.g. \textit{D. del-Castillo-Negrete} and \textit{P. J. Morrison}, Phys. Fluids, A5, No. 4, 948-965 (1993; Zbl 0781.76017)]. Here the authors apply these ideas to Rossby--wave critical layers. They argue that steady flows do not lead to mixing or meaningful transport and modify existing theory to include small time-dependent parts in the Rossby wave. The resulting chaotic mixing is dsicussed in detail.
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