Analytic reconstruction of a two-dimensional velocity field from an observed diffusive scalar

DOI10.1017/JFM.2019.301zbMATH Open1419.86002arXiv1904.04919OpenAlexW3102535141MaRDI QIDQ5378193FDOQ5378193

Authors: Arjun Sharma, Irina I. Rypina, Ruth Musgrave, G. Haller 

Publication date: 12 June 2019

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

Abstract: Inverting an evolving diffusive scalar field to reconstruct the underlying velocity field is an underdetermined problem. Here we show, however, that for two-dimensional incompressible flows, this inverse problem can still be uniquely solved if high-resolution tracer measurements, as well as velocity measurements along a curve transverse to the instantaneous scalar contours, are available. Such measurements enable solving a system of partial differential equations for the velocity components by the method of characteristics. If the value of the scalar diffusivity is known, then knowledge of just one velocity component along a transverse initial curve is sufficient. These conclusions extend to the shallow-water equations and to flows with spatially dependent diffusivity. We illustrate our results on velocity reconstruction from tracer fields for planar Navier- Stokes flows and for a barotropic ocean circulation model. We also discuss the use of the proposed velocity reconstruction in oceanographic applications to extend localised velocity measurements to larger spatial domains with the help of remotely sensed scalar fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.04919

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zbMATH Keywords

computational methodsocean circulationmixing and dispersion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to geophysics (86-08) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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