Nested grid methods for an ocean model: A comparative study

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1163-1195

  Laugier, Marc ^a   Angot, Philippe ^b   Mortier, Laurent ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Cabinet d'Etud Techniques I   (France)

Author keywords

Interactive nested grid model; Local grid correction; Multidomain methods; Multigrid local mesh refinement; Ocean circulation model; Primitive equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELLIPSOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTICYCLONIC VORTEX; BAROCLINIC VORTEX; BAROTROPIC STREAMFUNCTION TENDENCY; GLOBAL GRID; MULTIGRID LOCAL MESH REFINEMENT; NESTED GRID METHODS; NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; OCEAN MODEL; ZOOM GRID;

WATER WAVES;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; CORRECTION METHODS; NESTED GRID METHODS;

EID: 0030427735     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19961215)23:11<1163::aid-fld462>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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