A framework for mimetic discretization of the rotating shallow-water equations on arbitrary polygonal grids

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Thuburn, J ^a   Cotter, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coriolis term; Discrete exterior calculus; Geostrophic balance; Hodge star; Nonorthogonal mesh

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCULATIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MAPPING; STARS; VELOCITY;

CORIOLIS TERMS; DISCRETE EXTERIOR CALCULUS; DISCRETIZATIONS; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; HODGE STARS; MAPPING OPERATORS; MIMETICS; NONORTHOGONAL MESHES; PROPERTY; ROTATING SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84861404191     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110850293     Document Type: Article

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