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4  \section{Tracer equations}  \section{Tracer equations}
5  \label{sec:tracer_equations}  \label{sect:tracer_equations}
6    
7  The basic discretization used for the tracer equations is the second  The basic discretization used for the tracer equations is the second
8  order piece-wise constant finite volume form of the forced  order piece-wise constant finite volume form of the forced
# Line 15  part of the tracer equations and the var Line 15  part of the tracer equations and the var
15  described here.  described here.
16    
17  \subsection{Time-stepping of tracers: ABII}  \subsection{Time-stepping of tracers: ABII}
18  \label{sec:tracer_equations_abII}  \label{sect:tracer_equations_abII}
19    
20  The default advection scheme is the centered second order method which  The default advection scheme is the centered second order method which
21  requires a second order or quasi-second order time-stepping scheme to  requires a second order or quasi-second order time-stepping scheme to
# Line 123  the forward method. Line 123  the forward method.
123    
124    
125  \section{Linear advection schemes}  \section{Linear advection schemes}
126    \label{sect:tracer-advection}
127    \begin{rawhtml}
128    <!-- CMIREDIR:linear_advection_schemes: -->
129    \end{rawhtml}
130    
131  \begin{figure}  \begin{figure}
132  \resizebox{5.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/advect-1d-lo.eps}}  \resizebox{5.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/advect-1d-lo.eps}}
# Line 349  if the limiter is set to zero. Line 353  if the limiter is set to zero.
353    
354    
355  \section{Non-linear advection schemes}  \section{Non-linear advection schemes}
356    \begin{rawhtml}
357    <!-- CMIREDIR:non-linear_advection_schemes: -->
358    \end{rawhtml}
359    
360  Non-linear advection schemes invoke non-linear interpolation and are  Non-linear advection schemes invoke non-linear interpolation and are
361  widely used in computational fluid dynamics (non-linear does not refer  widely used in computational fluid dynamics (non-linear does not refer
# Line 387  r = \frac{ \tau_{i-1} - \tau_{i-2} }{ \t Line 394  r = \frac{ \tau_{i-1} - \tau_{i-2} }{ \t
394  r = \frac{ \tau_{i+1} - \tau_{i} }{ \tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} } & \forall & u < 0  r = \frac{ \tau_{i+1} - \tau_{i} }{ \tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} } & \forall & u < 0
395  \end{eqnarray}  \end{eqnarray}
396  as it's argument. There are many choices of limiter function but we  as it's argument. There are many choices of limiter function but we
397  only provide the Superbee limiter \cite{Roe85}:  only provide the Superbee limiter \cite{roe:85}:
398  \begin{equation}  \begin{equation}
399  \psi(r) = \max[0,\min[1,2r],\min[2,r]]  \psi(r) = \max[0,\min[1,2r],\min[2,r]]
400  \end{equation}  \end{equation}
# Line 449  to centered second order advection in th Line 456  to centered second order advection in th
456    
457  The DST3 method described above must be used in a forward-in-time  The DST3 method described above must be used in a forward-in-time
458  manner and is stable for $0 \le |c| \le 1$. Although the scheme  manner and is stable for $0 \le |c| \le 1$. Although the scheme
459  appears to be forward-in-time, it is in fact second order in time and  appears to be forward-in-time, it is in fact third order in time and
460  the accuracy increases with the Courant number! For low Courant  the accuracy increases with the Courant number! For low Courant
461  number, DST3 produces very similar results (indistinguishable in  number, DST3 produces very similar results (indistinguishable in
462  Fig.~\ref{fig:advect-1d-lo}) to the linear third order method but for  Fig.~\ref{fig:advect-1d-lo}) to the linear third order method but for
# Line 654  $W$: {\bf rTrans} (local) Line 661  $W$: {\bf rTrans} (local)
661    
662  \section{Comparison of advection schemes}  \section{Comparison of advection schemes}
663    
664    \begin{table}[htb]
665    \centering
666     \begin{tabular}[htb]{|l|c|c|c|c|l|}
667       \hline
668       Advection Scheme & code & use  & use Multi- & Stencil & comments \\
669                        &      & A.B. & dimension & (1 dim) & \\
670       \hline \hline
671       centered $2^{nd}$order & 2 &  Yes & No & 3 pts & linear \\
672       \hline
673       $3^{rd}$order upwind   & 3 &  Yes & No & 5 pts & linear/tracer\\
674       \hline
675       centered $4^{th}$order & 4 &  Yes & No & 5 pts & linear \\
676       \hline \hline
677    %  Lax-Wendroff       & 10 &  No & Yes & 3 pts & linear/tracer, non-linear/flow\\
678    %  \hline
679       $3^{rd}$order DST & 30 &  No & Yes & 5 pts & linear/tracer, non-linear/flow\\
680       \hline \hline
681       $2^{nd}$order Flux Limiters & 77 &  No & Yes & 5 pts & non-linear \\
682       \hline
683       $3^{nd}$order DST Flux limiter & 33 &  No & Yes & 5 pts & non-linear \\
684       \hline
685     \end{tabular}
686     \caption{Summary of the different advection schemes available in MITgcm.
687              ``A.B.'' stands for Adams-Bashforth and ``DST'' for direct space time.
688              The code corresponds to the number used to select the corresponding
689              advection scheme in the parameter file (e.g., {\em tempAdvScheme=3} in
690              file {\em data} selects the $3^{rd}$ order upwind advection scheme
691              for temperature).
692       }
693     \label{tab:advectionShemes_summary}
694    \end{table}
695    
696    
697  Figs.~\ref{fig:advect-2d-lo-diag}, \ref{fig:advect-2d-mid-diag} and  Figs.~\ref{fig:advect-2d-lo-diag}, \ref{fig:advect-2d-mid-diag} and
698  \ref{fig:advect-2d-hi-diag} show solutions to a simple diagonal  \ref{fig:advect-2d-hi-diag} show solutions to a simple diagonal
699  advection problem using a selection of schemes for low, moderate and  advection problem using a selection of schemes for low, moderate and
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