Stochastic superparameterization in quasigeostrophic turbulence

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-98

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

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Efficient subgrid scale closure; Multi scale algorithms; Stochastic backscatter; Waves

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GEOPHYSICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

COARSE GRID; EFFICIENT SUBGRID SCALE CLOSURE; EMBEDDED DOMAINS; MULTI-SCALE ALGORITHM; MULTI-SCALES; STOCHASTIC BACKSCATTER; STOCHASTIC CLOSURES; STOCHASTICS; SUBGRID SCALE; SUPERPARAMETERIZATION;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901504723     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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