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Volume 27, Issue 4
Evaluation of Selected Finite-Difference and Finite-Volume Approaches to Rotational Shallow-Water Flow

Håvard H. Holm, André R. Brodtkorb, Göran Broström, Kai H. Christensen & Martin L. Sætra

DOI: 10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0033

Commun. Comput. Phys., 27 (2020), pp. 1234-1274.

Published online: 2020-02

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The shallow-water equations in a rotating frame of reference are important for capturing geophysical flows in the ocean. In this paper, we examine and compare two traditional finite-difference schemes and two modern finite-volume schemes for simulating these equations. We evaluate how well they capture the relevant physics for problems such as storm surge and drift trajectory modelling, and the schemes are put through a set of six test cases. The results are presented in a systematic manner through several tables, and we compare the qualitative and quantitative performance from a cost-benefit perspective. Of the four schemes, one of the traditional finite-difference schemes performs best in cases dominated by geostrophic balance, and one of the modern finite-volume schemes is superior for capturing gravity-driven motion. The traditional finite-difference schemes are significantly faster computationally than the modern finite-volume schemes.

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Rotational shallow-water simulations, storm surge modelling, hyperbolic conservation laws, high-resolution finite-volume methods, test cases, verification.

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76U05, 86A05, 35L65, 65M08

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Havard.Heitlo.Holm@sintef.no (Håvard H. Holm)

Andre.Brodtkorb@sintef.no (André R. Brodtkorb)

Goran.Brostrom@marine.gu.se (Göran Broström)

kaihc@met.no (Kai H. Christensen)

martinls@met.no (Martin L. Sætra)

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@Article{CiCP-27-1234, author = {Holm , Håvard H.Brodtkorb , André R.Broström , GöranChristensen , Kai H. and Sætra , Martin L.}, title = {Evaluation of Selected Finite-Difference and Finite-Volume Approaches to Rotational Shallow-Water Flow}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2020}, volume = {27}, number = {4}, pages = {1234--1274}, abstract = {

The shallow-water equations in a rotating frame of reference are important for capturing geophysical flows in the ocean. In this paper, we examine and compare two traditional finite-difference schemes and two modern finite-volume schemes for simulating these equations. We evaluate how well they capture the relevant physics for problems such as storm surge and drift trajectory modelling, and the schemes are put through a set of six test cases. The results are presented in a systematic manner through several tables, and we compare the qualitative and quantitative performance from a cost-benefit perspective. Of the four schemes, one of the traditional finite-difference schemes performs best in cases dominated by geostrophic balance, and one of the modern finite-volume schemes is superior for capturing gravity-driven motion. The traditional finite-difference schemes are significantly faster computationally than the modern finite-volume schemes.

}, issn = {1991-7120}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0033}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/14849.html} }
TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Selected Finite-Difference and Finite-Volume Approaches to Rotational Shallow-Water Flow AU - Holm , Håvard H. AU - Brodtkorb , André R. AU - Broström , Göran AU - Christensen , Kai H. AU - Sætra , Martin L. JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 1234 EP - 1274 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02 SN - 27 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0033 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/14849.html KW - Rotational shallow-water simulations, storm surge modelling, hyperbolic conservation laws, high-resolution finite-volume methods, test cases, verification. AB -

The shallow-water equations in a rotating frame of reference are important for capturing geophysical flows in the ocean. In this paper, we examine and compare two traditional finite-difference schemes and two modern finite-volume schemes for simulating these equations. We evaluate how well they capture the relevant physics for problems such as storm surge and drift trajectory modelling, and the schemes are put through a set of six test cases. The results are presented in a systematic manner through several tables, and we compare the qualitative and quantitative performance from a cost-benefit perspective. Of the four schemes, one of the traditional finite-difference schemes performs best in cases dominated by geostrophic balance, and one of the modern finite-volume schemes is superior for capturing gravity-driven motion. The traditional finite-difference schemes are significantly faster computationally than the modern finite-volume schemes.

Holm , Håvard H.Brodtkorb , André R.Broström , GöranChristensen , Kai H. and Sætra , Martin L.. (2020). Evaluation of Selected Finite-Difference and Finite-Volume Approaches to Rotational Shallow-Water Flow. Communications in Computational Physics. 27 (4). 1234-1274. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0033
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