TY - JOUR T1 - A Conforming Finite Element Discretization of the Streamfunction Form of the Unsteady Quasi-Geostrophic Equations JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 6 SP - 951 EP - 968 PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11 SN - 13 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/473.html KW - Quasi-geostrophic equations, finite element method, Argyris element. AB -

This paper presents a conforming finite element semi-discretization of the streamfunction form of the one-layer unsteady quasi-geostrophic equations, which are a commonly used model for large-scale wind-driven ocean circulation. We derive optimal error estimates and present numerical results.