Improvement of Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Using High-Order Difference Schemes

Peter C. Chu and Chenwu Fan
Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, - Monterey, CA 93943

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• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Compact Difference Schemes
  • 2.1 Compact Schemes
  • 2.2 Fourth-Order Compact Difference Scheme
  • 2.3 Sixth-Order Compact Difference Scheme
• 3. Pressure Gradient Error in the -Coordinate System
• 4. Seamount Test Case
  • 4.1 Model Description
  • 4.2 Topography
  • 4.3 Density Field
  • 4.4 Lateral Viscosity
• 5. Standard Case
  • 5.1 Model Parameters
  • 5.2 Temporal Variations of Peak Error Velocity
  • 5.3 Performance of the Compact Schemes
• 6. Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
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