We derive local error estimates for the discretization of optimal control problems governed by linear advection-diffusion partial differential equations (PDEs) using the streamline upwind/Petrov Galerkin (SUPG) stabilized finite element method. We show that if the SUPG method is used to solve optimization problems governed by an advection-dominated PDE the convergence properties of the SUPG met...

An empirical study was made of the relationship of precipitation occurrence t o linearly interpolated concurrent vertical motion, 500-mb. initial 1-orticity, vorticity advection, and the average of the 700-mb. and 500-mb. dew point depressions a t Salt Lake City, Utah. All parameters except dew point depressions were obtained from the facsimile charts transmitted by the National Meteorological ...

The appropriate configuration of marine reserves for maximizing harvests or ensuring species persistence when there is uncertainty or variability in larval dispersal patterns is not completely understood. This is particularly true in environments with large alongshore advection rates, as the success of a system of marine reserves depends on connectivity through larval and/or adult dispersal bet...