Multigrid solution of rotating, stably stratified flows: The balance equations and their turbulent dynamics

DOI10.1006/jcph.1997.5775zbMath0896.76062OpenAlexW1994847665MaRDI QIDQ1371979

Lee Paul Graves, Irad Yavneh, Alexander F. Shchepetkin, James C. McWilliams

Publication date: 6 October 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1997.5775

zbMATH Keywords

convergencecoherent vortex dynamicsanti-cyclonesdecaying geostrophic turbulenceshared-memory CRAY C-90 computerstrong asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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