A new approach to bathymetry smoothing in sigma-coordinate ocean models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-136

  Sikirić, Mathieu Dutour ^a   Janeković, Ivica ^a   Kuzmić, Milivoj ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bathymetry smoothing; Filter; Linear programming

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; COARSER GRID; COASTAL SEAS; FILTER; HORIZONTAL PRESSURE; NEW APPROACHES; OCEAN MODEL; RUTGERS; SLOPE FACTORS; VOLUME CONSERVATION;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

BATHYMETRY;

ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; SMOOTHING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67349109935     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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