Horizontal advection test

Model

• dcpam5-20150727

But, a compile option, -DSLTT2D1DMONOTONIC, is used.

Setting and results

Common settings

• Cosine bell advection experiment by Williamson et al. (1992)
  • Angle between the of solid body rotation and the polar axis is 60 degrees
  • No Physical processes.
  • See Williamson et al. (1992) for details.
• Integration period: 12 days

Individual settings and results

• Resolution: T021L20, No ArcSine transformation
  • namelist file: Initial condition, Execution
  • Results
    • Mixing ratio (animation), (12th day)
    • Mixing ratio (No mass fixer) (animation), (12th day)
• Resolution: T021L20
  • namelist file: Initial condition, Execution
  • Results
    • Mixing ratio (animation), (12th day)
    • Mixing ratio (No mass fixer) (animation), (12th day)

Example of visualization scripts using GPhys

• Scripts

References

• Williamson, D. L., J. B. Drake, J. J. Hack, R. Jakob, and P. N. Swarztrauber, 1992: A standard test set for numerical approximations to the shallow water equations in spherical geometry, J. Comput. Phys., 102, 211-224.