2D unstructured mesh generation for oceanic and coastal tidal models from a localized truncation error analysis with complex derivatives

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 277-296

  Parrish, D M ^a   Hagen, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex derivatives; Localized truncation error analysis; Shallow water equations; Tidal computations; Unstructured mesh generation; Western North Atlantic tidal model domain

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649028956     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560701582500     Document Type: Article

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