Julio E. Chávez-Dorado

Turbulent diffusivity and effective rise velocity of buoyant particles in a free-surface boundary layer

Predicting the transport of buoyant particles in a free-surface boundary layer is important to the study of many environmental systems, including microplastics in the upper ocean. Current transport models, adapted from sediment transport theory, typically rely on assumptions of a quiescent rise velocity and gradient di...