TY - BOOK ID - 5453689 TI - Transport and mixing in geophysical flows AU - Weiss, J. B. AU - Provenzale, A. AU - Summer Course on "Transport in Geophysical and Environmental Flows" PY - 2008 SN - 9783540752141 3540752145 3540752153 PB - Berlin, Germany ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Geophysics KW - Fluid dynamics. KW - Géophysique KW - Fluides, Dynamique des KW - Fluid models. KW - Mathematical models. KW - Modèles de fluides KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Fluid dynamics KW - Cosmic Physics KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Fluid models KW - Mathematical models KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Fluid models in geophysics KW - Rotating dishpan KW - Earth sciences. KW - Geophysics. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Fluids. KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Fluid- and Aerodynamics. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Environmental Physics. KW - Dynamics KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Earth sciences KW - Physical geography. KW - Geography KW - Environmental science KW - Science KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Atmosphere KW - Hydraulics KW - Mechanics KW - Hydrostatics KW - Permeability UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5453689 AB - This volume collects a number of theoretical and experimental lectures on various aspects of transport and mixing of active and passive particles in geophysical flows. Transports in fluids can be approached from two complementary perspectives: in the Eulerian view of mixing, the focus is on the concentration field - advection stetches and folds the concentration field and sharpens the gradients, while diffusion smoothes the field. In the Langrangian view, fluid parcels are followed around as they move with the flow, experiencing chaotic or stochastic motion. Both pictures are considered in the present lectures, with passive particles carried freely by the flow and reactive particles, where chemically or biologically induced reactions change the character of the particles. ER -