A three-dimensional unstructured mesh finite element shallow-water model, with application to the flows around an island and in a wind-driven, elongated basin

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 26-47

  White, Laurent ^a,b   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a,b   Legat, Vincent ^a  

^a Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDES; WIND EFFECTS;

PASSIVE TRACER; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; UNSTRATIFIED FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

ADVECTION; BASIN ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISLAND; OCEAN TIDE; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EID: 41649094978     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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