The adaptive spectral element method and comparisons with more traditional formulations for ocean modeling

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-147

  Dupont, Frédéric ^a   Lin, Charles A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HYDROSTATIC OCEANS; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHODS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GALERKIN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; RESOLUTION;

EID: 1342266481     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0135:TASEMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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