Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) and Finite-Time Lyapunov Exponents (FTLE) constitute fundamental tools for understanding the organisation of fluid flows. LCS provide a framework to identify ...

Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 85: Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018), pp. 976-980 (5 pages) Shear-induced turbulent mixing ...

A field experiment study of flow transport around a coral reef was conducted at Scott Reef, an offshore atoll in the Timor Sea. A drifter deployment was designed based on the insight derived from two ...

Using a novel, high-resolution 'Lagrangian Coherent Structures' mapping technique, scientists are able to model dynamic features in ocean surface currents. The capacity for improved, near real-time ...

A new study suggests that unusually persistent spatial structures that self-assemble high in the atmosphere serve as "tracer patterns" around which atmospheric rivers grow. Based on simulations using ...

The formation of “atmospheric rivers” – thin corridors that transport moisture away from the tropics – may, in some cases, be linked to coherent structures that occur in Earth’s large-scale wind ...

Ocean currents and other chaotic phenomena are supposed to be inherently unpredictable. But mathematicians are finding a method to nature's madness All along the Gulf of Mexico, 2010 was the summer of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2015 -- Fish may seem to glide effortlessly through the water, but the tiny ripples they leave behind as they wriggle their way along are evidence of a constant ...

THE connection between an 18th-century savant called Joseph-Louis Lagrange and the problem of landing safely at Hong Kong International Airport may not, at first, be obvious. But there is one. Hong ...

WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2015 - If you want to assign blame on an overcast day, then cast your eyes on the tropics. Water vapor originating from the Earth's tropics is transported to midlatitudes on ...