Numerical wave propagation on the hexagonal C-grid

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5836-5858

  Thuburn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion relation; Inertio gravity mode; Rossby mode; Shallow water equations; Staggered grid

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISCRETIZATIONS; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; DISPERSION RELATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GRAVITY MODES; INERTIO-GRAVITY MODE; MODE DISPERSION; ROSSBY MODE; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; STAGGERED-GRIDS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 42649086469     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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