Optimisation based bathymetry approximation through constrained unstructured mesh adaptivity

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 436-452

  Gorman, G J ^a   Piggott, M D ^a   Pain, C C ^a   de Oliveira, C R E ^b   Umpleby, A P ^a   Goddard, A J H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

COASTAL RECOVERY ALGORITHM; CONSTRAINED UNSTRUCTURED MESH ADAPTIVITY; MESH OPTIMISATION METHOD;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 30044431882     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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