An adaptive multiblock high-order finite-volume method for solving the shallow-water equations on the sphere

Communications in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-162

  Mccorquodale, Peter ^a   Ullrich, Paul A ^b   Johansen, Hans ^a   Colella, Phillip ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Cubed sphere; Finite volume method; High order; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945271498     PISSN: 15593940     EISSN: 21575452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/camcos.2015.10.121     Document Type: Article

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