@article{fdi:010077489, title = {{O}bservability of laminar bidimensional fluid flows seen as autonomous chaotic systems}, author = {{C}haro, {G}. {D}. and {S}ciamarella, {D}. and {M}angiarotti, {S}ylvain and {A}rtana, {G}. and {L}etellier, {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{L}agrangian transport in the dynamical systems approach has so far been investigated disregarding the connection between the whole state space and the concept of observability. {K}ey issues such as the definitions of {L}agrangian and chaotic mixing are revisited under this light, establishing the importance of rewriting nonautonomous flow systems derived from a stream function in autonomous form, and of not restricting the characterization of their dynamics in subspaces. {T}he observability of {L}agrangian chaos from a reduced set of measurements is illustrated with two canonical examples: the {L}orenz system derived as a low-dimensional truncation of the {R}ayleigh-{B}enard convection equations and the driven double-gyre system introduced as a kinematic model of configurations observed in the ocean. {A} symmetrized version of the driven double-gyre model is proposed. {P}ublished under license by {AIP} {P}ublishing.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}haos}, volume = {29}, numero = {12}, pages = {art. 123126 [ 12 p.]}, ISSN = {1054-1500}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.1063/1.5120625}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077489}, }