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A note on the motion of an ocean bacterium in a linear shear flow

Jansons, KM; (2007) A note on the motion of an ocean bacterium in a linear shear flow. Mathematika , 54 (1-2) 157 - 160. 10.1112/S0025579300000267. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper treats a simple model, which can be exactly solved, motivated by the back-and-forth motion of ocean bacteria. In particular, the probability is determined that a bacterium moving randomly along a fluid line through the origin in a linear shear flow hits the origin before time.

Type: Article
Title: A note on the motion of an ocean bacterium in a linear shear flow
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1112/S0025579300000267
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1112/S0025579300000267
Language: English
Additional information: © 2007 Cambridge University Press
Keywords: Ocean bacterium, linear shear disperision, stochastic differential equation
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/29569
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