Comparison of Discretization Accuracy in an Adaptive Multigrid Barotropic Tropical Cyclone Track Model

Abstract

Among the many sources of error in modeling tropical cyclones is discretization error: how well are the governing equations approximated numerically? While discretization error is typically small, numerical methods with smaller errors should be preferred over others, all else being equal. This paper addresses the tradeoff between higher-accuracy discretization and increased computational work in an adaptive multigrid tropical cyclone track model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377011

Entities

People

  • Miao Hu
  • Scott R. Fulton

Organizations

  • Clarkson University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Science
  • Cyclones
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Hurricanes
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mathematics
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Numerical Integration
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Truncation
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Regression Analysis.