A hybrid radial basis function pseudospectral method for thermal convection in a 3-D spherical shell

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Wright, G B ^a   Flyer, N ^b   Yuen, D A ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoviscous; Mantle convection; Pseudospectral; Radial basis function; Spherical geometry

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MATLAB; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERES;

ISOVISCOUS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONVECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78751702068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002985     Document Type: Article

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