On computing transports in finite-element models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Sidorenko, D ^a   Danilov, S ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Huerta Casas, A ^a   Schroter J ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barotropic streamfunction; Finite elements; Meridional overturning streamfunction

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC STREAMFUNCTION; COMPUTATIONAL MESHES; CONTINUOUS SHAPE FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING STREAMFUNCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; POST-PROCESSING STAGES; RE PROJECTIONS; TWO POINTS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 62849099011     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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