Dispersion analysis of the least-squares finite-element shallow-water system

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-622

  Le Roux, D Y ^a   Carey, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Gravity and Rossby waves; Least squares; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; DISPERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WAVE DAMPING;

CORIOLIS FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 0038307008     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.528     Document Type: Article

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