Rescaled height coordinates for accurate representation of free-surface flows in ocean circulation models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 269-284

  Adcroft, Alistair ^a   Campin, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate transformation; Free surface; Internal wave generation; Ocean model; Topography; Vertical coordinate

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; INTERNAL WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 2342589566     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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