A baroclinic discontinuous Galerkin finite element model for coastal flows

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Karna Tuomas T ^a   Legat, Vincent ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baroclinic processes; Discontinuous Galerkin; Finite element method; Marine model; River plume

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; BAROCLINIC; COASTAL FLOW; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; DENSITY VARIATIONS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCRETISATION; FLOW DYNAMICS; FREE SURFACES; HIGH QUALITY; MODE SPLITTING; MOVING MESH METHOD; NUMERICAL BENCHMARK; RHINE RIVER; RIVER PLUME; SLOPE LIMITER; TIME-INTEGRATION SCHEME; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; WATER VOLUMES;

GALERKIN METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BENCHMARKING; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE SURFACE FLOW; GALERKIN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869810860     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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