A mixed finite-element discretisation of the shallow-water equations
<p>This paper introduces a mixed finite-element shallow-water model on the sphere. The mixed finite-element approach is used as it has been shown to be both accurate and highly scalable for parallel architecture. Key features of the model are an iterated semi-implicit time-stepping scheme, a f...
| Published in: | Geoscientific Model Development |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2023-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1265/2023/gmd-16-1265-2023.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>This paper introduces a mixed finite-element shallow-water model on the sphere. The mixed finite-element approach is used as it has been shown to be both accurate and highly scalable for parallel architecture. Key features of the model are an iterated semi-implicit time-stepping scheme, a finite-volume transport scheme, and the cubed sphere grid. The model is tested on a number of standard spherical shallow-water test cases. Results show that the model produces similar results to other shallow-water models in the literature.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1991-959X 1991-9603 |