Improving computational efficiency in global river models by implementing the local inertial flow equation and a vector-based river network map

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7221-7235

  Yamazaki, Dai ^a   De Almeida, Gustavo A M ^a,b   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computational efficiency; global river model; inertial equation; vector based map

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; DIFFUSION WAVE EQUATION; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION; INERTIAL EQUATION; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; RIVER MODEL; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS; RIVERS; VECTORS; WATER RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EQUATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING METHOD; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 84887072317     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20552     Document Type: Article

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