 Lagrangian integral time (source code)

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= Lagrangian integral time
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{title2=$t_L=\int_0^\infty R_L(\tau)d\tau/R_L(0)$}

The Lagrangian integral time is the area under a normalized velocity <autocorrelation> along a <Lagrangian trajectory>. If this correlation is integrable, Taylor turbulent dispersion has asymptotic mean-square displacement $2R_L(0)t_Lt$. The integral time need not equal every short-time decorrelation scale, particularly when the autocorrelation oscillates.

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