SEAWAT 2000: Modelling unstable flow and sensitivity to discretization levels and numerical schemes

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1119-1129

  Al Maktoumi, A ^a   Lockington, D A ^a   Volker, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convection; Grid sensitivity; Numerical modeling; SEAWAT; Unstable flow

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548490124     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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