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A theoretical requirement of the Interaction by Exchange with the Conditional Mean (IECM) micromixing model is that the mean concentration field produced by it must be consistent with the mean concentration field produced by a traditional Lagrangian stochastic (LS) marked particle model. We examine the violation of this requirement that occurs in a coupled LS–IECM model when unrealistically high particle velocities occur. No successful strategy was found to mitigate the effects of these rogue trajectories. It is our hope that this work will provide renewed impetus for investigation into rogue trajectories and methods to eliminate them from LS models.
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Postma, J.V., Yee, E. & Wilson, J.D. First-Order Inconsistencies Caused by Rogue Trajectories. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 144, 431–439 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-012-9732-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-012-9732-7