Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics With Applications to Geophysics /

• Main Author: Durran, Dale R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Texts in Applied Mathematics, 32
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Geophysics.; Numerical analysis.; Mechanical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Numerical Analysis.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Mechanical Engineering.; Civil Engineering.

This book is a major revision of Numerical Methods for Wave Equations in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; the new title of the second edition conveys its broader scope. The second edition is designed to serve graduate students and researchers studying geophysical fluids, while also providing a non-discip...

Table of Contents:

• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Finite-Difference Approximations for One-Dimensional Transport
• Beyond One-Dimensional Transport
• Conservation Laws and Finite-Volume Methods
• Series-Expansion Methods
• Semi-Lagrangian Methods
• Physically Insignificant Fast Waves
• Nonreflecting Boundary Conditions
• Numerical Miscellany.