12.820 | Spring 2007 | Graduate

Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere

Lecture Notes

Lecture 16

The following demonstrations are graphic representations of concepts discussed in the lecture notes (PDF).

Page 1: Random flight

  • mean sq displacement (PNG)

Page 8: stokes drift

  • lin vs act sd (PNG)
  • mean drift (PNG)

Page 8: psi

  • alpha=0 (GIF)
  • alpha=0.01 (GIF)
  • alpha=0.1 (GIF)

Page 9: poincare sections

  • alpha=0 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.002 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.004 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.008 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.016 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.032 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.064 (PNG)
  • alpha=0.128 (PNG)

Page 9: Continuum

Page 10: bio dynamics

  • growth rates (PNG)

Page 13: effective coeff

  • effective k,v (PNG)

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