Geometric properties of the icosahedral-hexagonal grid on the two-sphere

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2536-2559

  Wang, Ning ^a   Lee, Jin Luen ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Icosahedral grid; Shallow water model; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS; DESIRABLE FEATURES; EMPIRICAL DATA; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; GRID-BASED; HEXAGONAL GRID; ICOSAHEDRAL GRID; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; VORONOI TESSELLATIONS;

SPHERES;

EID: 81555200728     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090761355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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