A simple and efficient locally mass conserving semi-Lagrangian transport scheme

Eigil Kaas

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00293.x

A simple and efficient locally mass conserving semi-Lagrangian transport scheme

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 2

By: Eigil Kaas

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|Jan 2008

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