Accuracy of a finite-difference method for computing lake currents

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(87)90057-XzbMath0607.76109OpenAlexW2040496744MaRDI QIDQ1085753

John R. Bennett, Joan E. Campbell

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(87)90057-x

zbMATH Keywords

accuracyseparation of variablesvorticity equationwind-driven flowfinite-difference modelsemi-analytic solutionfinite-difference solutioncircular lakelake currentsparabolic depth profilesemi-analytic modeltwo-dimensional, time-dependent flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Calculation of the rotational normal modes of oceans and lakes with general orthogonal coordinates

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