Implementation of the CIP as the Advection Solver in the MM5

Abstract A semi-Lagrangian-type advection scheme, cubic-interpolated pseudoparticle (CIP) method is implemented to the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5, version 3.4). A dimensional splitting CIP algorithm, with spatial third-order and temporal second-order accuracy, is derived to compute the advection in the MM5. The modified model is evaluated with ideal tests and real case studies in comparing with the leapfrog scheme, which was originally employed in the MM5. The CIP method appears remarkably superior to the leapfrog scheme in respect to both dissipative and dispersive errors, especially when discontinuities or large gradients exist in the advected quantity. Two real cases of severe mesoscale phenomena were simulated by using both the CIP scheme and the leapfrog scheme. In the advection dominant regions, the CIP shows remarkable advantages in capturing the detail structures of the predicted field. As computations with high resolution become more and more popular ...

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