On a class of ocean model instabilities that may occur when applying small time steps, implicit methods, and low viscosities

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 135-144

  Heimsund, Bjørn Ove ^a   Berntsen, Jarle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

C grid; Ocean modelling; Predictor corrector; ROMS; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1542318154     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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