Calculation of vertical velocity in three-dimensional, shallow water equation, finite element models

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 779-802

  Muccino, J C ^a   Gray, W G ^a   Foreman, M G G ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Three dimensional; Vancouver Island; Vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ADJOINT METHOD; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; VERTICAL DERIVATIVE OF CONTINUITY (VDC) METHOD; VERTICAL VELOCITY CALCULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHALLOW WATER EQUATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELLING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS; VELOCITY; VERTICAL WATER MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031251911     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19971015)25:7<779::AID-FLD586>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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