학술논문

Single-particle dispersion in stably stratified turbulence
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 034603 (2018)
Subject
Physics - Fluid Dynamics
Language
Abstract
We present models for single-particle dispersion in vertical and horizontal directions of stably stratified flows. The model in the vertical direction is based on the observed Lagrangian spectrum of the vertical velocity, while the model in the horizontal direction is a combination of a continuous-time eddy-constrained random walk process with a contribution to transport from horizontal winds. Transport at times larger than the Lagrangian turnover time is not universal and dependent on these winds. The models yield results in good agreement with direct numerical simulations of stratified turbulence, for which single-particle dispersion differs from the well studied case of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence.