Convergence of Laplacian diffusion versus resolution of an ocean model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Wallcraft, Allan J ^a   Kara, A Birol ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; KINETICS; SURFACE WATERS;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; LAPLACIAN DIFFUSION; OCEAN MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GYRE; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE LAPLACIAN; LAPLACIAN DIFFUSION; MEAN SEA SURFACE HEIGHTS; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; RECTANGULAR DOMAIN;

EID: 21844469279     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022514     Document Type: Article

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