A high-order arbitrarily unstructured finite-volume model of the global atmosphere: Tests solving the shallow-water equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1589-1596

  Weller, Hilary ^a   Weller, Henry G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b OpenCFD Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Atmosphere; Differencing; Finite volume; Shallow water; Unstructured

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MESH GENERATION; POLYNOMIALS;

LOWER-ORDER DIFFERENCING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MESH GENERATION; POLYNOMIALS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 40749127977     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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