Abstract: A barotropic primitive-equation model using the finite-element method of space discretization is generalized to allow variable resolution. The overhead incurred in going from a uniform mesh to a variable mesh having the ...

Abstract: A finite-element formulation for the vertical structure of primitive equation models has been developed. The finite-element method is a variant of the Galerkin procedure in which the dependent variables are expanded in a ...

Abstract: A barotropic primitive equation model using the finite-element method of space discretization is presented. The semi-implicit method of time discretization is implemented by taking a suitable form of the governing equations. ...

Abstract: A baroclinic primitive equations model is formulated using a variable resolution finite-element discretization in all three space dimensions. The horizontal domain over which the model is integrated is a rectangle on a ...