Physical vs. numerical dispersion in nonhydrostatic ocean modeling

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-86

  Vitousek, Sean ^a   Fringer, Oliver B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Grid resolution requirements; Internal waves; Leptic ratio; Lepticity; Nonhydrostatic effects; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

GRID RESOLUTION; INTERNAL WAVES; LEPTIC RATIO; LEPTICITY; NONHYDROSTATIC EFFECT; OCEAN MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DISPERSIONS; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 80052868227     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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