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Antidiffusive velocities for multipass donor cell advection

Journal Article · · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
OSTI ID:355655
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  2. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)

Multidimensional positive definite advection transport algorithm (MPDATA) is an iterative process for approximating the advection equation, which uses a donor cell approximation to compensate for the truncation error of the originally specified donor cell scheme. This step may be repeated an arbitrary number of times, leading to successfully more accurate solutions to the advection equation. In this paper, the authors show how to sum the successive approximations analytically to find a single antidiffusive velocity that represents the effects of an arbitrary number of passes. The analysis is first done in one dimension to illustrate the method and then is repeated in two dimensions. The existence of cross terms in the truncation analysis of the two-dimensional equations introduces an extra complication into the calculation. The authors discuss the implementation of the antidiffusive velocities and provide some examples of applications, including a third-order accurate scheme.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
355655
Journal Information:
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Journal Name: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 20; ISSN 1064-8275; ISSN SJOCE3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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