An adaptive mesh adjoint data assimilation method applied to free surface flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 995-1001

  Fang, F ^a   Pain, C C ^a   Piggott, M D ^a   Gorman, G J ^a   Goddard, A J H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoint; Data assimilation; Finite element; Free surface; Unstructured adaptive mesh

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION;

DATA ASSIMILATION METHOD; FREE SURFACE FLOW; MESH ADAPTIVITY; SEA SURFACE ELEVATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FREE SURFACE FLOW; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 15744396082     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.865     Document Type: Article

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