SLICE-S: A Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient scheme for transport problems on the Sphere Export

@article{citeulike:1431997, abstract = {The Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient (SLICE) scheme developed for Cartesian geometry is generalized to spherical geometry. The spherical version, SLICE-S, is similarly based on a Control Volume approach and multiple sweeps of a one-dimensional O (s4) (where s is the spherical distance) conservative remapping algorithm along Eulerian latitudes, then along Lagrangian longitudes. The resulting conservative scheme requires no restriction on either the polar meridional or zonal Courant numbers. SLICE-S is applied to the standard problems of solid-body rotation and deformational flow, and results are compared with those of a standard non-conservative and other published conservative semi-Lagrangian schemes. In addition to mass conservation, and consistent with the performance of SLICE, the present scheme is competitive in terms of accuracy and efficiency.}, author = {Zerroukat, M. and Wood, N. and Staniforth, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1431997}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004QJRMS.130.2649Z}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society}, month = {October}, pages = {2649--2664}, posted-at = {2007-07-03 22:25:23}, priority = {2}, title = {SLICE-S: A Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient scheme for transport problems on the Sphere}, url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004QJRMS.130.2649Z}, volume = {130}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1431997 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1431997 N2 - The Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient (SLICE) scheme developed for Cartesian geometry is generalized to spherical geometry. The spherical version, SLICE-S, is similarly based on a Control Volume approach and multiple sweeps of a one-dimensional O (s4) (where s is the spherical distance) conservative remapping algorithm along Eulerian latitudes, then along Lagrangian longitudes. The resulting conservative scheme requires no restriction on either the polar meridional or zonal Courant numbers. SLICE-S is applied to the standard problems of solid-body rotation and deformational flow, and results are compared with those of a standard non-conservative and other published conservative semi-Lagrangian schemes. In addition to mass conservation, and consistent with the performance of SLICE, the present scheme is competitive in terms of accuracy and efficiency. JF - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society EP - 2664 TI - SLICE-S: A Semi-Lagrangian Inherently Conserving and Efficient scheme for transport problems on the Sphere VL - 130 SP - 2649 AU - Zerroukat, M AU - Wood, N AU - Staniforth, A PY - 2004/October// UR - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004QJRMS.130.2649Z ER -