An accurate implementation of the compressibility terms in the equation of state in a low order pressure gradient scheme for sigma coordinate ocean models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Marsaleix, Patrick ^a   Auclair, Francis ^b   Estournel, Claude ^a   Nguyen, Cyril ^b   Ulses, Caroline ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Equation of state; Pressure gradient; Pressure Jacobian; Seamount; Sigma coordinate

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS; EQUATION OF STATE; FINITE-VOLUME; GEOPOTENTIALS; LOW ORDER; OCEAN MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; SEAMOUNT; SIGMA-COORDINATES; TRUNCATION ERRORS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSIBILITY; EQUATION OF STATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAMOUNT;

EID: 80051787203     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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