An edge-based unstructured mesh framework for atmospheric flows

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 455-460

  Szmelter, Joanna ^a   Smolarkiewicz, Piotr K ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric waves; Geospherical framework; MPDATA; Nonoscillatory differencing; Unstructured meshes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; GEOSPHERICAL FRAMEWORK; MPDATA; NONOSCILLATORY; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

HYDRODYNAMICS; SPHERES; WAVES;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 79954948328     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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