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Variational wind field adjustment over complex terrain using finite element techniques

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6866652
A finite difference computer code (MATHEW) for ensuring mass-consistency in wind fields, developed by Sherman (1978), has proven successful in providing input for ADPIC (Lange, 1978), a particle-in-cell advection-diffusion code used in pollution transport studies. An analog of MATHEW is described to be used in finite element advection-diffusion codes, finite element planetary boundary models, and for wind energy assessment studies in complex terrain.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6866652
Report Number(s):
UCRL-80531; CONF-780635-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English