ISSN:
1432-2250
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract. We study numerical solutions of the reduced-gravity shallow-water equation on a beta plane, subjected to a sinusoidally varying wind forcing leading to the formation of a double gyre circulation. As expected the dynamics of the numerical solutions are highly dependent on the grid resolution and the given numerical algorithm. In particular, the statistics of the solutions are critically dependent on the scheme's ability to resolve the Rossby deformation radius. We present a method, applicable to any finite-difference scheme, which effectively increases the spatial resolution of the given algorithm without changing its temporal stability or memory requirements. This enslaving method makes use of properties of the governing equations in the absence of time derivatives to reduce the overall truncation error. By examining statistical measures of stochastic solutions at resolutions near the Rossby radius, we show that the enslaved schemes are capable of reproducing statistics of standard schemes computed at twice the resolution.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001620050044
