A spectral element semi-Lagrangian (SESL) method for the spherical shallow water equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 623-650

  Giraldo, F X ^a   Perot, J B ^b   Fischer, P F ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubic gnomonic; Flux corrected transport; Hexahedral grid; Semi implicit; Semi Lagrangian; Shallow water equations; Spectral element method; Spherical geometry

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LOWER-UPPER DECOMPOSITION;

CUBIC GNOMONIC; FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORTS; HEXAHEDRAL GRID; SEMI-IMPLICIT; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN METHODS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

SPHERES;

EID: 0141850274     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00300-0     Document Type: Article

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