Monge-Ampére based moving mesh methods for numerical weather prediction, with applications to the Eady problem

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-270

  Budd, C J ^a   Cullen, M J P ^b   Walsh, E J ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eady problem; Monge Amp re; Moving mesh method; Numerical weather prediction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EADY PROBLEM; MONGE AMPÉRE; MOVING MESH; MOVING MESH METHOD; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPTIMAL TRANSPORT; PARABOLICS; PDE PROBLEMS; TRANSPORT THEORY; TWO-DIMENSIONS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 84871994880     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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