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Summers, David (2005) Eddy diffusion in the sea: reinterpreting an early experiment. Proceedings of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 461 (2058). pp. 1811-1827.
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Over half a century has passed since L. F. Richardson and Henry Stommel conducted their experiment from the pier at Blairmore, Scotland. The relative separations of pairs of immersed floats (made of parsnip) were measured as these became passively transported in the surface waters of Loch Long. In the present note we reopen this investigation with a view to explaining its results in terms of frictional dynamics at the air–sea interface. We suggest how the relative motion of passive tracers can be related to the evolution of impulse generated at the ocean's surface, and indirectly to the self-similarity inherent to this evolution. In particular, an explanation is offered for the dependence of the diffusivity of this process on marker separation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Electronic ISSN: | 1471-2946 |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Seabourne markers; Eddy diffusion; Air-sea interface; Frictional dynamics; Sea impulse; Marker separation; |
| University Divisions/Research Centres: | Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries > School of Engineering and the Built Environment |
| Dewey Decimal Subjects: | 600 Technology > 620 Engineering > 627 Hydraulic engineering 500 Science > 510 Mathematics > 511 General principles of mathematics |
| Library of Congress Subjects: | T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Item ID: | 1863 |
| Depositing User: | RAE Import |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2008 17:15 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2013 16:53 |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1863 |
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