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

2014/05/30 by Foster, Erich L, Iliescu, Traian, Wells, David R.
#FOS: Mathematics #Numerical Analysis (math.NA)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1405.7836

Abstract

This paper presents a conforming finite element semi-discretization of the streamfunction form of the one-layer unsteady quasi-geostrophic equations, which are a commonly used model for large-scale wind-driven ocean circulation. We derive optimal error estimates and present numerical results.

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