Towards mesh adaptivity for geophysical turbulence: Continuous mapping approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 789-801

  Smolarkiewicz, Piotr K ^a   Prusa, Joseph M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods for fluids; Geophysical turbulence; Large eddy simulation; Mesh adaptivity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VECTORS;

DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS; GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCE; MESH ADAPTIVITY; OCEANIC FLOWS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 15744397325     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.858     Document Type: Review

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