A numerical study on the dynamics of non-inertial and inertial particles in geophysical flows.
We consider the dynamics of non-inertial and inertial particles in several types of geophysical flows. The underlying structures of the flow fields are examined via their associated Lagrangian coherent structures, which are found by computing the finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) field. For inertial particles with f...