Tracer transport in the presence of steady zonal jets in a forced and viscous barotropic model /

Tracers released into a barotropic fluid which was not subject to the beta-effect were seen to disperse according to the classical laws given by G.I. Taylor in 1921. In the short-time limit, the average total displacement was proportional to the time since release, and in the long-time limit, to th...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Collier, Jonathan Craig, 1975-
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2000.
Subjects:	Major meteorology.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy