Assessing Lagrangian schemes for simulating diffusion on non-flat isopycnal surfaces

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 351-361

  Shah, S H A M ^a   Heemink, A W ^a   Deleersnijder, E ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Lagrangian modelling; Large scale model; Non flat isopycnal surfaces; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; NON-FLAT ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

DIFFUSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

OCEAN HABITATS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 80051473875     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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