A curvilinear version of a quasi-3D nearshore circulation model

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-124

  Shi, Fengyan ^a   Svendsen, Ib A ^a   Kirby, James T ^a   Smith, Jane McKee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvilinear coordinates; Finite difference method; Nearshore circulation model; Numerical model; Wave induced circulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0042424839     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(03)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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