Chaotic mixing and transport in Rossby-wave critical layers
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1997
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A simple, dynamically consistent model of mixing and transport in Rossby-wave critical layers is obtained from the well-known Stewartson–Warn–Warn (SWW) solution of Rossby-wave critical-layer theory. The SWW solution is thought to be a useful conceptual model of Rossby-wave breaking in the stratosphere. Chaotic advection in the model is a consequence of the interaction between a stationary and a transient Rossby wave. Mixing and transport are characterized separately with a number of quantitative diagnostics (e.g. mean-square dispersion, lobe dynamics, and spectral moments), and with particular emphasis on the dynamics of the tracer field itself. The parameter dependences of the diagnostics are examined: transport tends to increase monotonically with increasing perturbation amplitude whereas mixing does not. The robustness of the results is investigated by stochastically perturbing the transient-wave phase speed. The two-wave chaotic advection model is contrasted with a stochastic single-wave model. It is shown that the effects of chaotic advection cannot be captured by stochasticity alone. |
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http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/32863/1/Ngan%26ShepherdJFM1997.pdf Ngan, K. and Shepherd, T. G. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90004685.html> (1997) Chaotic mixing and transport in Rossby-wave critical layers. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 334. pp. 315-351. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: 10.1017/S0022112096004363 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096004363> |
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Cambridge University Press |
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http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/32863/ creatorInternal Shepherd, Theodore G. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096004363 10.1017/S0022112096004363 |
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Article PeerReviewed |