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Flow trajectories in the Bering Sea: Evidence for chaos
Author(s) -
Reed R. K.,
Stabeno P. J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl017i012p02141
Subject(s) - chaos (operating system) , exponential function , meteorology , lagrangian , geology , chaotic , fractal dimension , fractal , statistical physics , flow (mathematics) , oceanography , climatology , physics , mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer science , computer security , artificial intelligence
A set of trajectories from drifting buoys in the Bering Sea is analyzed for evidence of chaos. The separation distance between drifters was found, in most cases, to have regions of exponential increase, which strongly suggests Lagrangian chaos. Analysis of the Kolmogorov entropy indicated a fractal dimension of 1.2 and a time scale of (22 d) −1 .