Local and convected rates of change

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Homework Statement


This is less of a help me answer something question more a help me understand this question.

I was reading though my hydrodynamics notes and there was a derivation that ended up with the follow equation
[tex]\frac{D\psi}{Dt} = \frac{\partial\psi}{\partial{t}} + (\underline{u}.grad)\psi[/tex]
now i completely understood the derivation, what I don't understand is the result why doesn't [tex]\frac{D\psi}{Dt} = \frac{\partial\psi}{\partial{t}}[/tex]? Also what do the capital D even mean?

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