New perspectives on superparameterization for geophysical turbulence

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-77

  Majda, Andrew J ^a,b   Grooms, Ian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Multi scale algorithms; No scale separation; Stochastic backscatter; Subgridscale closure

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCE; MULTI-SCALE ALGORITHM; MULTI-SCALES; NO SCALE SEPARATION; SCALE SEPARATION; STOCHASTIC BACKSCATTER; STOCHASTICS; SUBGRID SCALE; SUBGRIDSCALE CLOSURE; SUPERPARAMETERIZATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84901483377     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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