Computation of the streamfunction and velocity potential for limited and irregular domains

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3384-3394

  Li, Zhijin ^a,b   Chao, Yi ^a   McWilliams, James C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL RELIABILITY; STREAMFUNCTION; VELOCITY POTENTIAL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL ZONE; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL METHOD; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33845423043     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3249.1     Document Type: Article

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