A Conforming Finite Element Discretization of the Streamfunction Form of the Unsteady Quasi-Geostrophic Equations

zbMath1387.86003arXiv1405.7836MaRDI QIDQ2957219

Erich L. Foster, David R. Wells, Traian Iliescu

Publication date: 25 January 2017

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7836

zbMATH Keywords

finite element method; Argyris element; quasi-geostrophic equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76M10: Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

86-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to geophysics

65M20: Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

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