Front Matter; Sand motion induced by oscillatory flows: sheet flow and vortex ripples; Sediment transport, ripple dynamics and object burial under shoaling waves; On the influence of suspended sediment transport on the generation of offshore sand waves; Sediment transport by coherent structures in a turbulent open channel flow experiment; Transport and mixing in the stratosphere: the role of Lagrangian studies; Numerical modeling of heat and water vapor transport through the interfacial boundary layer into a turbulent atmosphere
Summary
"The dispersion of particles in a flow is of central importance in various geophysical and environmental problems. The spreading of aerosols and soot in the air, the growth and dispersion of plankton blooms in seas and oceans, or the transport of sediment in rivers, estuaries and coastal regions are striking examples. These problems are characterized by strong nonlinear coupling between several dynamical mechanisms. As a result, processes on widely different length and time scales are simultaneously of importance. The multiscale nature of this challenging field motivated the EUROMECH colloquium on particle-laden flow that was held at the University of Twente in 2006. This book contains a selection of the papers that were presented."--Jacket
