Estimation of the internal pressure gradient in σ-coordinate ocean models: Comparison of second-, fourth-, and sixth-order schemes

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-330

  Berntsen, Jarle ^a   Oey, Lie Yauw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal pressure; Ocean modeling; Sigma coordinates

Indexed keywords

CUBIC-SPLINE METHOD; FOURTH-ORDER; FOURTH-ORDER METHOD; GREEN'S THEOREM; INTEGRAL APPROACH; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LINE INTEGRALS; NORTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC; NUMERICAL TESTS; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODELING; PRESSURE FORCE; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SURFACE BOUNDARY-LAYER;

ERRORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAMOUNT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954757657     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0245-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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