Particle diffusion on a three-dimensional random sea

J. Buick; I. Morrison; T.S. Durrani; C. Greated

doi:10.1007/s003480000141

Particle diffusion on a three-dimensional random sea

J. Buick, I. Morrison, T.S. Durrani, C. Greated

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The diffusion of particles on a random sea surface, due to the random fluctuations of the Stokes drift velocity, is examined. Experimental results are presented for the diffusion of particle pairs on the surface of a three-dimensional random sea with a Pierson-Moskowitz surface spectrum and a cos2 spreading function. The results show good agreement with theoretical predictions, particularly at low separations where other affects are negligible. Diffusion of surface particles in different sea states is also discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	88-92
Number of pages	4
Journal	Experiments in Fluids
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000141
Publication status	Published - Jan 2001

Keywords

water pollution
sea surface
surface diffusion
sea state
physical simulation
three dimensional system
drift velocity
fluctuations

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