Evaluation of the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian vertical coordinate method in the MPAS-Ocean model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-113

  Petersen, Mark R ^a   Jacobsen, Douglas W ^b   Ringler, Todd D ^b   Hecht, Matthew W ^a   Maltrud, Mathew E ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian coordinate method; Diapycnal ocean mixing; Ocean modeling; Unstructured mesh

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MIXING; STARS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN COORDINATES; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN METHOD; FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORTS; OCEAN MIXING; OCEAN MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COORDINATE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84921025814     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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