Forward-in-time upwind-weighted methods in ocean modelling

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1159-1173

  Hecht, Matthew W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Finite difference methods; General circulation modelling; Ocean modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STEADY FLOW;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELLING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODELLING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 33645501364     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1136     Document Type: Article

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