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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1299-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1299-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
The terminator "toy" chemistry test: a simple tool to assess errors in transport schemes
P. H. Lauritzen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
A. J. Conley
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
J.-F. Lamarque
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
F. Vitt
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
M. A. Taylor
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Islet: interpolation semi-Lagrangian element-based transport A. Bradley et al.
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- CAM-SE–CSLAM: Consistent Coupling of a Conservative Semi-Lagrangian Finite-Volume Method with Spectral Element Dynamics P. Lauritzen et al.
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Short summary
This test extends the evaluation of transport schemes from prescribed advection of inert scalars to reactive species. It consists of transporting two reacting chlorine-like species in an idealized flow field. The sources/sinks are given by a simple but non-linear toy chemistry that mimics photolysis-driven processes near the solar terminator. As a result, strong gradients in the spatial distribution of the species develop near the edge of the terminator.
This test extends the evaluation of transport schemes from prescribed advection of inert scalars...