Numerical multi-block grids in coastal ocean circulation modeling

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 865-879

  Ly, Le Ngoc ^a   Luong, Phu ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; MULTIBLOCK NUMERICAL GENERATION GRID TECHNIQUES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN;

COASTAL WATERS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033230499     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(99)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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