Influence of the turbulence closure scheme on the finite-element simulation of the upwelling in the wake of a shallow-water island

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2329-2345

  Blaise, Sébastien ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a,b   White, Laurent ^a,b   Remacle, Jean François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Australia; Finite element method; Great Barrier Reef; Lee eddies; Rattray Island; Shelf dynamics; Tidal currents; Turbulence closure scheme; Unstructured mesh; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EDDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISLAND; SHALLOW WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RATTRAY ISLAND;

EID: 35148830414     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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