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1 jmc 1.2 % $Header: /u/gcmpack/manual/under_dvlp/time_stepping_dvlp.tex,v 1.1 2008/01/17 22:36:10 jmc Exp $
2 jmc 1.1 % $Name: $
3    
4     \section{Other Time-stepping Options}
5     %\begin{rawhtml}
6     %<!-- CMIREDIR:dvlp-time-stepping: -->
7     %\end{rawhtml}
8    
9     \subsection{Adams-Bashforth III}
10 jmc 1.2
11     \begin{figure}[ht]
12 jmc 1.1 \begin{center}
13     \resizebox{10cm}{!}{\includegraphics{under_dvlp/stab_AB3_oscil.eps}}
14     \end{center}
15     \caption{
16 jmc 1.2 Comparison of the oscillatory response of Adams-Bashforth scheme.
17 jmc 1.1 }
18     \label{fig:ab_oscill_response}
19     \end{figure}
20    
21     As seen on fig.\ref{fig:adams-bashforth-respons}
22     The third-order Adams-Bashforth time stepping (AB-3) can be used instead
23     of the default quasi-second order Adams-Bashforth (AB-2),
24     with several advantages (see, e.g., \cite{durr:91}):
25     \begin{itemize}
26     \item higher accuracy.
27     \item stable with a longer time-step (for an oscillatory problem
28 jmc 1.2 like advection or Coriolis, stable up to a CFL of 0.72,
29 jmc 1.1 compared to only 0.50 with AB-2 and $\epsilon_{AB} = 0.1$)
30     (fig.\ref{fig:ab_oscill_response})
31     \item no additional computation, but only requires to store one additional
32     time level.
33     \end{itemize}
34    
35     The extrapolation forward in time of the tendency (replacing equation
36     \ref{eq:adams-bashforth2} can be written:
37     \begin{equation}
38     G_\tau^{(n+1/2)} = ( 1 + \alpha_{AB} + \beta_{AB}) G_\tau^n
39 jmc 1.2 - ( \alpha_{AB} + 2 \beta_{AB}) G_\tau^{n-1}
40     + \beta_{AB} G_\tau^{n-2}
41 jmc 1.1 \label{eq:adams-bashforth3}
42     \end{equation}
43     with $(\alpha_{AB},\beta_{AB}) = (1/2, 5/12)$ corresponding to the
44     3rd order AB. One can also recover
45     The quasi-2nd order AB corresponds to the particular case
46     $(\alpha_{AB},\beta_{AB}) = (1/2+\epsilon_{AB}, 0)$.
47    
48     One can also extend the stability limit
49     up to a CFL of 0.786 for an oscillatory problem
50     (see fig.\ref{fig:ab_oscill_response})
51     using $(\alpha_{AB},\beta_{AB}) = (0.5, 0.2811)$
52     but then the scheme is only 2nd order accurate.
53    
54 jmc 1.2 \begin{figure}[ht]
55     \begin{center}
56     \resizebox{10cm}{!}{\includegraphics{under_dvlp/stab_AB3_dampR.eps}}
57     \end{center}
58     \caption{
59     Comparison of the damping (diffusion like) response of Adams-Bashforth schemes.
60     }
61     \label{fig:ab_damp_response}
62     \end{figure}
63    
64 jmc 1.1 However, the behavior of the AB-3 for a damping problem (like diffusion)
65     is less favorable, since the stability limit is reduced to
66     0.54 only (and 0.64 with $\beta_{AB} = 0.2811$) compared to 1. (and 0.9
67     with $\epsilon_{AB} = 0.1$) with the AB-2 (see fig.\ref{fig:ab_damp_response}).
68    
69     A way to enable the use of a longer time step is
70 jmc 1.2 to keep the dissipation terms outside the AB extrapolation
71 jmc 1.1 (therefore using a simple forward time-stepping) (setting
72     momDissip\_In\_AB=.FALSE. in main parameter file "data",
73 jmc 1.2 namelist PARM03), and use AB-3 for advection and Coriolis terms.
74 jmc 1.1
75     The AB-3 time stepping is activated by defining the option
76     \#define ALLOW\_ADAMSBASHFORTH\_3
77     in CPP\_OPTIONS.h
78     The parameters $\alpha_{AB},\beta_{AB}$ can be set from the
79     main parameter file "data" (namelist "PARM03") and their
80     default values correspond to the 3rd order Adams-Bashforth.
81     A simple example is provided in verification/advect\_xy/input.ab3\_c4.
82    
83     The AB-3 is not yet available for
84     the vertical momentum equation (Non-Hydrostatic) and passive
85     tracers.
86    
87 jmc 1.2 \subsection{Time-extrapolation of tracer (rather than tendency)}
88     (to be continued ...)

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