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The basic discretization used for the tracer equations is the second |
The basic discretization used for the tracer equations is the second |
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order piece-wise constant finite volume form of the forced |
order piece-wise constant finite volume form of the forced |
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advection-diussion equations. There are many alternatives to second |
advection-diffusion equations. There are many alternatives to second |
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order method for advection and alternative parameterizations for the |
order method for advection and alternative parameterizations for the |
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sub-grid scale processes. The Gent-McWilliams eddy parameterization, |
sub-grid scale processes. The Gent-McWilliams eddy parameterization, |
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KPP mixing scheme and PV flux parameterization are all dealt with in |
KPP mixing scheme and PV flux parameterization are all dealt with in |
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part of the tracer equations and the various advection schemes will be |
part of the tracer equations and the various advection schemes will be |
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The default advection scheme is the centered second order method which |
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requires a second order or quasi-second order time-stepping scheme to |
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arbitrary tracer, $\tau$, the forced advection-diffusion equation |
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tendencies due to advection, diffusion and forcing, respectively, |
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everywhere else. This term is therefore referred to as the surface |
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correction term. Global conservation is not possible using the |
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{\em S/R CALC\_GT} and {\em S/R CALC\_GS} for temperature and salt |
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diffusion routine {\em S/R GAD\_CALC\_RHS} that is called with the |
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flow field and relevant tracer as arguments and returns the collective |
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where $G^{(n)} = G_{adv}^\tau + G_{diff}^\tau + G_{src}^\tau$ at time |
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step $n$. The tendency at $n-1$ is not re-calculated but rather the |
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advection terms. However, this scheme is only used in conjunction with |
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Comparison of 1-D advection schemes. Courant number is 0.05 with 60 |
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a) Shows the upwind biased schemes; first order upwind, DST3, |
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centered fourth order and finite volume fourth order. |
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MC limiter and the van Leer limiter. |
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Comparison of 1-D advection schemes. Courant number is 0.89 with 60 |
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a) Shows the upwind biased schemes; first order upwind and DST3. |
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c) Shows the second order flux limiters: minmod, Superbee, |
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MC limiter and the van Leer limiter. |
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$\mu=1$, $\mu=c/(1-c)$ and a fourth order DST method with Sweby limiter, |
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linear advection schemes because the coefficient for interpolation of |
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the advected tracer are linear and a function only of the flow, not |
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the tracer field it self. We discuss these first since they are most |
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\subsection{Centered second order advection-diffusion} |
\subsection{Centered second order advection-diffusion} |
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The basic discretization, centered second order, is the default. It is |
The basic discretization, centered second order, is the default. It is |
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designed to be consistant with the continuity equation to facilitate |
designed to be consistent with the continuity equation to facilitate |
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conservation properties analogous to the continuum: |
conservation properties analogous to the continuum. However, centered |
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second order advection is notoriously noisy and must be used in |
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conjunction with some finite amount of diffusion to produce a sensible |
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where the area integrated fluxes are given by: |
where the area integrated fluxes are given by: |
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F_x & = & U \overline{ \theta }^i |
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F_y & = & V \overline{ \theta }^j |
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The quantities $U$, $V$ and $W$ are volume fluxes defined: |
The quantities $U$, $V$ and $W$ are volume fluxes defined: |
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V & = & \Delta x_g \Delta r_f h_s v \\ |
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and sources associated with the tracer. For instance, potential |
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temperature equation in the ocean has is forced by surface and |
the tracer both locally and globally and to globally conserve tracer |
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partially penetrating heat fluxes: |
variance, $\tau^2$. The proof is given in \cite{adcroft:95,adcroft:97}. |
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{\cal A}_c \Delta r_f h_c {\cal S}_\theta = \frac{1}{c_p \rho_o} \delta_k {\cal A}_c {\cal Q} |
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conservation of $\theta$. Global conservation is not possible using |
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{\em S/R GAD\_U3\_ADV\_X} ({\em gad\_u3\_adv\_x.F}) |
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Centered fourth order advection is formally the most accurate scheme |
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we have implemented and can be used to great effect in high resolution |
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simulation where dynamical scales are well resolved. However, the |
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scheme is noisy like the centered second order method and so must be |
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used with some finite amount of diffusion. Bi-harmonic is recommended |
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Although the upwind scheme is the underlying scheme for the robust or |
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non-linear methods given later, we haven't actually supplied this |
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method for general use. It would be very diffusive and it is unlikely |
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F_y & = & V \overline{ \tau }^j - \frac{1}{2} |V| \delta_j \tau \\ |
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F_r & = & W \overline{ \tau }^k - \frac{1}{2} |W| \delta_k \tau |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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If for some reason, the above method is required, then the second |
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order flux limiter scheme described later reduces to the above scheme |
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if the limiter is set to zero. |
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\section{Non-linear advection schemes} |
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\label{sect:non-linear_advection_schemes} |
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Non-linear advection schemes invoke non-linear interpolation and are |
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widely used in computational fluid dynamics (non-linear does not refer |
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to the non-linearity of the advection operator). The flux limited |
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advection schemes belong to the class of finite volume methods which |
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neatly ties into the spatial discretization of the model. |
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When employing the flux limited schemes, first order upwind or |
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direct-space-time method the time-stepping is switched to forward in |
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time. |
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\subsection{Second order flux limiters} |
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The second order flux limiter method can be cast in several ways but |
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is generally expressed in terms of other flux approximations. For |
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example, in terms of a first order upwind flux and second order |
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Lax-Wendroff flux, the limited flux is given as: |
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\begin{equation} |
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F = F_1 + \psi(r) F_{LW} |
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\end{equation} |
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where $\psi(r)$ is the limiter function, |
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\begin{equation} |
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F_1 = u \overline{\tau}^i - \frac{1}{2} |u| \delta_i \tau |
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\end{equation} |
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is the upwind flux, |
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\begin{equation} |
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F_{LW} = F_1 + \frac{|u|}{2} (1-c) \delta_i \tau |
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\end{equation} |
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is the Lax-Wendroff flux and $c = \frac{u \Delta t}{\Delta x}$ is the |
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Courant (CFL) number. |
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The limiter function, $\psi(r)$, takes the slope ratio |
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\begin{eqnarray} |
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r = \frac{ \tau_{i-1} - \tau_{i-2} }{ \tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} } & \forall & u > 0 |
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\\ |
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r = \frac{ \tau_{i+1} - \tau_{i} }{ \tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} } & \forall & u < 0 |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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as it's argument. There are many choices of limiter function but we |
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only provide the Superbee limiter \cite{roe:85}: |
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\begin{equation} |
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\psi(r) = \max[0,\min[1,2r],\min[2,r]] |
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\end{equation} |
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\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} |
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{\em S/R GAD\_FLUXLIMIT\_ADV\_X} ({\em gad\_fluxlimit\_adv\_x.F}) |
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$F_x$: {\bf uT} (argument) |
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$U$: {\bf uTrans} (argument) |
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$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
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{\em S/R GAD\_FLUXLIMIT\_ADV\_Y} ({\em gad\_fluxlimit\_adv\_y.F}) |
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$F_y$: {\bf vT} (argument) |
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$V$: {\bf vTrans} (argument) |
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$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
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{\em S/R GAD\_FLUXLIMIT\_ADV\_R} ({\em gad\_fluxlimit\_adv\_r.F}) |
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$F_r$: {\bf wT} (argument) |
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$W$: {\bf rTrans} (argument) |
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$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
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\end{minipage} } |
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\subsection{Third order direct space time} |
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The direct-space-time method deals with space and time discretization |
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together (other methods that treat space and time separately are known |
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collectively as the ``Method of Lines''). The Lax-Wendroff scheme |
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falls into this category; it adds sufficient diffusion to a second |
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order flux that the forward-in-time method is stable. The upwind |
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biased third order DST scheme is: |
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\begin{eqnarray} |
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F = u \left( \tau_{i-1} |
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+ d_0 (\tau_{i}-\tau_{i-1}) + d_1 (\tau_{i-1}-\tau_{i-2}) \right) |
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& \forall & u > 0 \\ |
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F = u \left( \tau_{i} |
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- d_0 (\tau_{i}-\tau_{i-1}) - d_1 (\tau_{i+1}-\tau_{i}) \right) |
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& \forall & u < 0 |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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where |
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\begin{eqnarray} |
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d_1 & = & \frac{1}{6} ( 2 - |c| ) ( 1 - |c| ) \\ |
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d_2 & = & \frac{1}{6} ( 1 - |c| ) ( 1 + |c| ) |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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The coefficients $d_0$ and $d_1$ approach $1/3$ and $1/6$ respectively |
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as the Courant number, $c$, vanishes. In this limit, the conventional |
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third order upwind method is recovered. For finite Courant number, the |
| 461 |
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deviations from the linear method are analogous to the diffusion added |
| 462 |
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to centered second order advection in the Lax-Wendroff scheme. |
| 463 |
|
|
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The DST3 method described above must be used in a forward-in-time |
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manner and is stable for $0 \le |c| \le 1$. Although the scheme |
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|
appears to be forward-in-time, it is in fact third order in time and |
| 467 |
|
the accuracy increases with the Courant number! For low Courant |
| 468 |
|
number, DST3 produces very similar results (indistinguishable in |
| 469 |
|
Fig.~\ref{fig:advect-1d-lo}) to the linear third order method but for |
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large Courant number, where the linear upwind third order method is |
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|
unstable, the scheme is extremely accurate |
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|
(Fig.~\ref{fig:advect-1d-hi}) with only minor overshoots. |
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|
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|
\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} |
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|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3\_ADV\_X} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_x.F}) |
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|
|
| 477 |
|
$F_x$: {\bf uT} (argument) |
| 478 |
|
|
| 479 |
|
$U$: {\bf uTrans} (argument) |
| 480 |
|
|
| 481 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 482 |
|
|
| 483 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3\_ADV\_Y} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_y.F}) |
| 484 |
|
|
| 485 |
|
$F_y$: {\bf vT} (argument) |
| 486 |
|
|
| 487 |
|
$V$: {\bf vTrans} (argument) |
| 488 |
|
|
| 489 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 490 |
|
|
| 491 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3\_ADV\_R} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_r.F}) |
| 492 |
|
|
| 493 |
|
$F_r$: {\bf wT} (argument) |
| 494 |
|
|
| 495 |
|
$W$: {\bf rTrans} (argument) |
| 496 |
|
|
| 497 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 498 |
|
|
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|
\end{minipage} } |
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|
|
| 501 |
|
|
| 502 |
|
\subsection{Third order direct space time with flux limiting} |
| 503 |
|
|
| 504 |
|
The overshoots in the DST3 method can be controlled with a flux limiter. |
| 505 |
|
The limited flux is written: |
| 506 |
|
\begin{equation} |
| 507 |
|
F = |
| 508 |
|
\frac{1}{2}(u+|u|)\left( \tau_{i-1} + \psi(r^+)(\tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} )\right) |
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|
+ |
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|
\frac{1}{2}(u-|u|)\left( \tau_{i-1} + \psi(r^-)(\tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1} )\right) |
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|
\end{equation} |
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|
where |
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|
\begin{eqnarray} |
| 514 |
|
r^+ & = & \frac{\tau_{i-1} - \tau_{i-2}}{\tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1}} \\ |
| 515 |
|
r^- & = & \frac{\tau_{i+1} - \tau_{i}}{\tau_{i} - \tau_{i-1}} |
| 516 |
|
\end{eqnarray} |
| 517 |
|
and the limiter is the Sweby limiter: |
| 518 |
|
\begin{equation} |
| 519 |
|
\psi(r) = \max[0, \min[\min(1,d_0+d_1r],\frac{1-c}{c}r ]] |
| 520 |
|
\end{equation} |
| 521 |
|
|
| 522 |
|
\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} |
| 523 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3FL\_ADV\_X} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_x.F}) |
| 524 |
|
|
| 525 |
|
$F_x$: {\bf uT} (argument) |
| 526 |
|
|
| 527 |
|
$U$: {\bf uTrans} (argument) |
| 528 |
|
|
| 529 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 530 |
|
|
| 531 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3FL\_ADV\_Y} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_y.F}) |
| 532 |
|
|
| 533 |
|
$F_y$: {\bf vT} (argument) |
| 534 |
|
|
| 535 |
|
$V$: {\bf vTrans} (argument) |
| 536 |
|
|
| 537 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 538 |
|
|
| 539 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_DST3FL\_ADV\_R} ({\em gad\_dst3\_adv\_r.F}) |
| 540 |
|
|
| 541 |
|
$F_r$: {\bf wT} (argument) |
| 542 |
|
|
| 543 |
|
$W$: {\bf rTrans} (argument) |
| 544 |
|
|
| 545 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf tracer} (argument) |
| 546 |
|
|
| 547 |
|
\end{minipage} } |
| 548 |
|
|
| 549 |
|
|
| 550 |
|
\subsection{Multi-dimensional advection} |
| 551 |
|
|
| 552 |
|
\begin{figure} |
| 553 |
|
\resizebox{5.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/advect-2d-lo-diag.eps}} |
| 554 |
|
\caption{ |
| 555 |
|
Comparison of advection schemes in two dimensions; diagonal advection |
| 556 |
|
of a resolved Gaussian feature. Courant number is 0.01 with |
| 557 |
|
30$\times$30 points and solutions are shown for T=1/2. White lines |
| 558 |
|
indicate zero crossing (ie. the presence of false minima). The left |
| 559 |
|
column shows the second order schemes; top) centered second order with |
| 560 |
|
Adams-Bashforth, middle) Lax-Wendroff and bottom) Superbee flux |
| 561 |
|
limited. The middle column shows the third order schemes; top) upwind |
| 562 |
|
biased third order with Adams-Bashforth, middle) third order direct |
| 563 |
|
space-time method and bottom) the same with flux limiting. The top |
| 564 |
|
right panel shows the centered fourth order scheme with |
| 565 |
|
Adams-Bashforth and right middle panel shows a fourth order variant on |
| 566 |
|
the DST method. Bottom right panel shows the Superbee flux limiter |
| 567 |
|
(second order) applied independently in each direction (method of |
| 568 |
|
lines). |
| 569 |
|
\label{fig:advect-2d-lo-diag} |
| 570 |
|
} |
| 571 |
|
\end{figure} |
| 572 |
|
|
| 573 |
|
\begin{figure} |
| 574 |
|
\resizebox{5.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/advect-2d-mid-diag.eps}} |
| 575 |
|
\caption{ |
| 576 |
|
Comparison of advection schemes in two dimensions; diagonal advection |
| 577 |
|
of a resolved Gaussian feature. Courant number is 0.27 with |
| 578 |
|
30$\times$30 points and solutions are shown for T=1/2. White lines |
| 579 |
|
indicate zero crossing (ie. the presence of false minima). The left |
| 580 |
|
column shows the second order schemes; top) centered second order with |
| 581 |
|
Adams-Bashforth, middle) Lax-Wendroff and bottom) Superbee flux |
| 582 |
|
limited. The middle column shows the third order schemes; top) upwind |
| 583 |
|
biased third order with Adams-Bashforth, middle) third order direct |
| 584 |
|
space-time method and bottom) the same with flux limiting. The top |
| 585 |
|
right panel shows the centered fourth order scheme with |
| 586 |
|
Adams-Bashforth and right middle panel shows a fourth order variant on |
| 587 |
|
the DST method. Bottom right panel shows the Superbee flux limiter |
| 588 |
|
(second order) applied independently in each direction (method of |
| 589 |
|
lines). |
| 590 |
|
\label{fig:advect-2d-mid-diag} |
| 591 |
|
} |
| 592 |
|
\end{figure} |
| 593 |
|
|
| 594 |
|
\begin{figure} |
| 595 |
|
\resizebox{5.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/advect-2d-hi-diag.eps}} |
| 596 |
|
\caption{ |
| 597 |
|
Comparison of advection schemes in two dimensions; diagonal advection |
| 598 |
|
of a resolved Gaussian feature. Courant number is 0.47 with |
| 599 |
|
30$\times$30 points and solutions are shown for T=1/2. White lines |
| 600 |
|
indicate zero crossings and initial maximum values (ie. the presence |
| 601 |
|
of false extrema). The left column shows the second order schemes; |
| 602 |
|
top) centered second order with Adams-Bashforth, middle) Lax-Wendroff |
| 603 |
|
and bottom) Superbee flux limited. The middle column shows the third |
| 604 |
|
order schemes; top) upwind biased third order with Adams-Bashforth, |
| 605 |
|
middle) third order direct space-time method and bottom) the same with |
| 606 |
|
flux limiting. The top right panel shows the centered fourth order |
| 607 |
|
scheme with Adams-Bashforth and right middle panel shows a fourth |
| 608 |
|
order variant on the DST method. Bottom right panel shows the Superbee |
| 609 |
|
flux limiter (second order) applied independently in each direction |
| 610 |
|
(method of lines). |
| 611 |
|
\label{fig:advect-2d-hi-diag} |
| 612 |
|
} |
| 613 |
|
\end{figure} |
| 614 |
|
|
| 615 |
|
|
| 616 |
|
|
| 617 |
|
In many of the aforementioned advection schemes the behavior in |
| 618 |
|
multiple dimensions is not necessarily as good as the one dimensional |
| 619 |
|
behavior. For instance, a shape preserving monotonic scheme in one |
| 620 |
|
dimension can have severe shape distortion in two dimensions if the |
| 621 |
|
two components of horizontal fluxes are treated independently. There |
| 622 |
|
is a large body of literature on the subject dealing with this problem |
| 623 |
|
and among the fixes are operator and flux splitting methods, corner |
| 624 |
|
flux methods and more. We have adopted a variant on the standard |
| 625 |
|
splitting methods that allows the flux calculations to be implemented |
| 626 |
|
as if in one dimension: |
| 627 |
|
\begin{eqnarray} |
| 628 |
|
\tau^{n+1/3} & = & \tau^{n} |
| 629 |
|
- \Delta t \left( \frac{1}{\Delta x} \delta_i F^x(\tau^{n}) |
| 630 |
|
+ \tau^{n} \frac{1}{\Delta x} \delta_i u \right) \\ |
| 631 |
|
\tau^{n+2/3} & = & \tau^{n+1/3} |
| 632 |
|
- \Delta t \left( \frac{1}{\Delta y} \delta_j F^y(\tau^{n+1/3}) |
| 633 |
|
+ \tau^{n} \frac{1}{\Delta y} \delta_i v \right) \\ |
| 634 |
|
\tau^{n+3/3} & = & \tau^{n+2/3} |
| 635 |
|
- \Delta t \left( \frac{1}{\Delta r} \delta_k F^x(\tau^{n+2/3}) |
| 636 |
|
+ \tau^{n} \frac{1}{\Delta r} \delta_i w \right) |
| 637 |
|
\end{eqnarray} |
| 638 |
|
|
| 639 |
|
In order to incorporate this method into the general model algorithm, |
| 640 |
|
we compute the effective tendency rather than update the tracer so |
| 641 |
|
that other terms such as diffusion are using the $n$ time-level and |
| 642 |
|
not the updated $n+3/3$ quantities: |
| 643 |
|
\begin{equation} |
| 644 |
|
G^{n+1/2}_{adv} = \frac{1}{\Delta t} ( \tau^{n+3/3} - \tau^{n} ) |
| 645 |
|
\end{equation} |
| 646 |
|
So that the over all time-stepping looks likes: |
| 647 |
|
\begin{equation} |
| 648 |
|
\tau^{n+1} = \tau^{n} + \Delta t \left( G^{n+1/2}_{adv} + G_{diff}(\tau^{n}) + G^{n}_{forcing} \right) |
| 649 |
|
\end{equation} |
| 650 |
|
|
| 651 |
|
\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} |
| 652 |
|
{\em S/R GAD\_ADVECTION} ({\em gad\_advection.F}) |
| 653 |
|
|
| 654 |
|
$\tau$: {\bf Tracer} (argument) |
| 655 |
|
|
| 656 |
|
$G^{n+1/2}_{adv}$: {\bf Gtracer} (argument) |
| 657 |
|
|
| 658 |
|
$F_x, F_y, F_r$: {\bf af} (local) |
| 659 |
|
|
| 660 |
|
$U$: {\bf uTrans} (local) |
| 661 |
|
|
| 662 |
|
$V$: {\bf vTrans} (local) |
| 663 |
|
|
| 664 |
|
$W$: {\bf rTrans} (local) |
| 665 |
|
|
| 666 |
|
\end{minipage} } |
| 667 |
|
|
| 668 |
|
\begin{figure} |
| 669 |
|
\resizebox{3.5in}{!}{\includegraphics{part2/multiDim_CS.eps}} |
| 670 |
|
\caption{Muti-dimensional advection time-stepping with Cubed-Sphere topology |
| 671 |
|
\label{fig:advect-multidim_cs} |
| 672 |
|
} |
| 673 |
|
\end{figure} |
| 674 |
|
|
| 675 |
|
\section{Comparison of advection schemes} |
| 676 |
|
\label{sect:tracer_advection_schemes} |
| 677 |
|
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|
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|
|
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|
\begin{table}[htb] |
| 682 |
|
\centering |
| 683 |
|
\begin{tabular}[htb]{|l|c|c|c|c|l|} |
| 684 |
|
\hline |
| 685 |
|
Advection Scheme & code & use & use Multi- & Stencil & comments \\ |
| 686 |
|
& & A.B. & dimension & (1 dim) & \\ |
| 687 |
|
\hline \hline |
| 688 |
|
$1^{rst}$order upwind & 1 & No & Yes & 3 pts & linear/$\tau$, non-linear/v\\ |
| 689 |
|
\hline |
| 690 |
|
centered $2^{nd}$order & 2 & Yes & No & 3 pts & linear \\ |
| 691 |
|
\hline |
| 692 |
|
$3^{rd}$order upwind & 3 & Yes & No & 5 pts & linear/$\tau$\\ |
| 693 |
|
\hline |
| 694 |
|
centered $4^{th}$order & 4 & Yes & No & 5 pts & linear \\ |
| 695 |
|
\hline \hline |
| 696 |
|
$2^{nd}$order DST (Lax-Wendroff) & 20 & |
| 697 |
|
No & Yes & 3 pts & linear/$\tau$, non-linear/v\\ |
| 698 |
|
\hline |
| 699 |
|
$3^{rd}$order DST & 30 & No & Yes & 5 pts & linear/$\tau$, non-linear/v\\ |
| 700 |
|
\hline \hline |
| 701 |
|
$2^{nd}$order Flux Limiters & 77 & No & Yes & 5 pts & non-linear \\ |
| 702 |
|
\hline |
| 703 |
|
$3^{nd}$order DST Flux limiter & 33 & No & Yes & 5 pts & non-linear \\ |
| 704 |
|
\hline |
| 705 |
|
\end{tabular} |
| 706 |
|
\caption{Summary of the different advection schemes available in MITgcm. |
| 707 |
|
``A.B.'' stands for Adams-Bashforth and ``DST'' for direct space time. |
| 708 |
|
The code corresponds to the number used to select the corresponding |
| 709 |
|
advection scheme in the parameter file (e.g., {\bf tempAdvScheme}=3 in |
| 710 |
|
file {\em data} selects the $3^{rd}$ order upwind advection scheme |
| 711 |
|
for temperature). |
| 712 |
|
} |
| 713 |
|
\label{tab:advectionShemes_summary} |
| 714 |
|
\end{table} |
| 715 |
|
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Figs.~\ref{fig:advect-2d-lo-diag}, \ref{fig:advect-2d-mid-diag} and |
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\ref{fig:advect-2d-hi-diag} show solutions to a simple diagonal |
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advection problem using a selection of schemes for low, moderate and |
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high Courant numbers, respectively. The top row shows the linear |
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schemes, integrated with the Adams-Bashforth method. Theses schemes |
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are clearly unstable for the high Courant number and weakly unstable |
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for the moderate Courant number. The presence of false extrema is very |
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apparent for all Courant numbers. The middle row shows solutions |
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obtained with the unlimited but multi-dimensional schemes. These |
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solutions also exhibit false extrema though the pattern now shows |
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symmetry due to the multi-dimensional scheme. Also, the schemes are |
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stable at high Courant number where the linear schemes weren't. The |
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bottom row (left and middle) shows the limited schemes and most |
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obvious is the absence of false extrema. The accuracy and stability of |
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the unlimited non-linear schemes is retained at high Courant number |
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but at low Courant number the tendency is to loose amplitude in sharp |
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peaks due to diffusion. The one dimensional tests shown in |
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Figs.~\ref{fig:advect-1d-lo} and \ref{fig:advect-1d-hi} showed this |
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phenomenon. |
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|
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Finally, the bottom left and right panels use the same advection |
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scheme but the right does not use the multi-dimensional method. At low |
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Courant number this appears to not matter but for moderate Courant |
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number severe distortion of the feature is apparent. Moreover, the |
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stability of the multi-dimensional scheme is determined by the maximum |
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Courant number applied of each dimension while the stability of the |
| 743 |
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method of lines is determined by the sum. Hence, in the high Courant |
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number plot, the scheme is unstable. |
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|
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With many advection schemes implemented in the code two questions |
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arise: ``Which scheme is best?'' and ``Why don't you just offer the |
| 748 |
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best advection scheme?''. Unfortunately, no one advection scheme is |
| 749 |
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``the best'' for all particular applications and for new applications |
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|
it is often a matter of trial to determine which is most |
| 751 |
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suitable. Here are some guidelines but these are not the rule; |
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\begin{itemize} |
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\item If you have a coarsely resolved model, using a |
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positive or upwind biased scheme will introduce significant diffusion |
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to the solution and using a centered higher order scheme will |
| 756 |
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introduce more noise. In this case, simplest may be best. |
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\item If you have a high resolution model, using a higher order |
| 758 |
|
scheme will give a more accurate solution but scale-selective |
| 759 |
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diffusion might need to be employed. The flux limited methods |
| 760 |
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offer similar accuracy in this regime. |
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\item If your solution has shocks or propagating fronts then a |
| 762 |
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flux limited scheme is almost essential. |
| 763 |
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\item If your time-step is limited by advection, the multi-dimensional |
| 764 |
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non-linear schemes have the most stability (up to Courant number 1). |
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\item If you need to know how much diffusion/dissipation has occurred you |
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will have a lot of trouble figuring it out with a non-linear method. |
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\item The presence of false extrema is non-physical and this alone is the |
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strongest argument for using a positive scheme. |
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\end{itemize} |
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