A finite volume numerical approach for coastal ocean circulation studies: Comparisons with finite difference models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Changsheng ^a,b,c   Huang, Haosheng ^a   Beardsley, Robert C ^b   Liu, Hedong ^a   Xu, Qichun ^a   Cowles, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34249810069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003485     Document Type: Article

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