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Following the work of [BD99], the present paper presents a general approach to adaptive mesh refinement for ocean models. The numerical procedure is briefly described, as well as a software package which easily allows for the actual implementation of multiresolution within any existing finite difference model. The effectiveness of this approach for ocean modelling, even at a basin-scale, is illustrated in the context of a primitive equation numerical model of the north Atlantic. Several experiments are presented, which demonstrate the potentialities of mesh refinement and emphasize the role of the refinement criterion.
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Laurent, D., Eric, B., Bernard, B. (2005). A general adaptive multi-resolution approach to ocean modelling: experiments in a primitive equation model of the north Atlantic. In: Plewa, T., Linde, T., Gregory Weirs, V. (eds) Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27039-6_21
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