Adaptive Dynamical Core for Climate Applications

Cut‐away of a cubed sphere atmosphere test problem, showing a Hadley cell-like vertical velocity field

We are implementing an atmospheric "dynamic core" for non-hydrostatic atmospheric flows using Chombo. It has a novel higher order time algorithm for thin atmospheres, and an adaptive conservative finite volume discretization of the cubed sphere. Funded under DoE BER's CSSEF program.

ANAG Members

Collaborators

Paul Ullrich (LBNL/ANAG, UC Davis)
Bill Collins (LBNL ESD)
Christiane Jablonowski (U Mich)

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