A comparison of two formulations of barotropic-baroclinic splitting for layered models of ocean circulation

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-45

  Higdon, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barotropic baroclinic splitting; Time stepping

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

(T ,S)-SPLITTING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPLIED (CO); BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CORIOLIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW VARIABLES; GRID NOISE; HORIZONTAL VISCOSITY; IN ORDER; LAYER THICKNESSES; LAYERED MODELING; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; SHORT TIME; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION; SPLIT VARIABLES; TEST PROBLEMS; TIME AVERAGING; TIME SCALING; TIME STEPPING; TIME-STEPPING METHODS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW FIELD; GYRE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 48149112946     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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