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Using random walk models to simulate the vertical distribution of particles in a turbulent water column
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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 158:275-281 (1997) - doi:10.3354/meps158275 Using random walk models to simulate the vertical distribution of particles in a turbulent water column André W. Visser* Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Department of Marine and Coastal Ecology, Kavalergården 6, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark *E-mail: awv@dfu.min.dk Random walk simulation has the potential to be an extremely powerful tool in the investigation of turbulence in environmental processes. However, care must be taken in applying such simulations to the motion of particles in turbulent marine systems where turbulent diffusivity is commonly spatially non-uniform. The problems associated with this non-uniformity are far from negligible and have been recognised for quite some time. However, incorrect implementations continue to appear in the literature. In this note computer simulations are presented to illustrate how and why these implementations are incorrect, and a simple technique that can properly simulate turbulent diffusion in the marine environment is discussed. Random walk · Turbulence · Diffusivity · Numerical simulation Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 158. Publication date: November 17, 1997 Print ISSN:0171-8630; Online ISSN:1616-1599 Copyright © 1997 Inter-Research.
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- 1997
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