Modal analysis on unstructured meshes of the dispersion properties of the P1NC - P1 pair

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 2-11

  Bernard, P E ^a   Remacle, J F ^a   Legat, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersion and dissipation errors; Geophysical flows; Linear non conforming finite element; Shallow water equations; Unstructured meshes

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CONVERGENCE RATES; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; DISPERSION ERRORS; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENTS; GENERAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; LINEAR NON-CONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT; NUMERICAL SCHEMES; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN MODELS; POINCARE; ROSSBY WAVES; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; STRUCTURED GRIDS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

DISPERSIONS;

CONVERGENCE; DISSIPATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHOD; KELVIN WAVE; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 62849127195     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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