Stochastic Lagrangian Models of Turbulent Diffusion

✍ Scribed by Howard C. Rodean (auth.)

• Publisher: American Meteorological Society
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 86
• Series: Meteorological Monographs
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages N2-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Historical Review....Pages 3-5
Applicable Physics of Turbulence....Pages 7-11
Definitions for Stochastic Diffusion....Pages 13-18
The Fokker-Planck Equation....Pages 19-24
Stochastic Differential Equations for Turbulent Diffusion....Pages 25-30
Criteria for Stochastic Models of Turbulent Diffusion....Pages 31-34
Turbulent Diffusion in Three Dimensions....Pages 35-42
Applications of Thomson’s “Simplest” Solution....Pages 43-44
Application to the Convective Boundary Layer....Pages 45-49
The Boundary Condition Problem....Pages 51-57
Parameterization of Turbulence Statistics for Model Inputs....Pages 59-64
Brief Review of Four Topics....Pages 65-68
In Conclusion....Pages 69-69
Back Matter....Pages 71-87

✦ Subjects

Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences