MAR513: Numerical Methods in Ocean Sciences

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Week Contents Slides Materials Assignments
1 Governing equations, boundary conditions and turbulence closures, classification of discretization methods, and key factors related to numerical computations. pdf, ppt
2 Finite-difference methods. pdf, ppt
3 Finite-difference methods in multi-variable equations. pdf, ppt
4 Open boundary conditions. pdf, ppt
5 Finite-volume methods via finite-difference methods. pdf, ppt
6 Data assimilations: Nudging, OI and Adjoint methods. pdf, ppt
7 Data assimilations: Kalman filters, dynamics via assimilation. pdf, ppt
8 Non-hydrostatic discretization: projection methods, pressure correction methods, accuracy and mass conservation, algorithm validation. pdf, ppt
9 Numerical approach for resolving multi-scale dynamics: critical issues in one-way and two-way nesting methods. pdf, ppt
10 Pressure errors in terrain-following coordinates. pdf, ppt
11 The surface wave modeling. pdf, ppt
12 Marine ecosystem modeling. pdf, ppt
13 Next generation FVCOM. pdf, ppt

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