The ".Cubed sphere": A new method for the solution of partial differential equations in spherical geometry

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-114

  Ronchi, C ^a,c   Iacono, R ^a   Paolucci, P S ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; COMPOSITE MESH; COORDINATE LINES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; GREAT CIRCLE; GRIDDING; NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; SPHERICAL SURFACE; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES;

SPHERES;

EID: 0030096121     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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