An unstructured C-grid based method for 3-D global ocean dynamics: Free-surface formulations and tidal test cases

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Stuhne, G R ^a   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ocean modeling; Unstructured grids

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MOSFET DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

3-D MODELS; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BOUSSINESQ; CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL OVERHEADS; ENERGY-CONSERVING; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE DYNAMICS; GLOBAL OCEANS; GRID BASED METHODS; GRID DISCRETIZATION; GRID SIMULATIONS; MESH RESOLUTIONS; MULTI-SCALE; NUMERICAL MODES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODELING; OCEAN MODELS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS; REGULAR GRIDS; SHALLOW WATERS; STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; TEST CASE; UNSTRUCTURED GRID METHODS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREE SURFACE FLOW; GLOBAL OCEAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TIDAL MODELING;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62849084292     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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