Improving numerical simulation of a hurricane by irreversible thermodynamic operators

In this work, the forecast accuracy of a numerical weather prediction model is improved by emulating physical dissipation as suggested by the second law of thermodynamics that controls the irreversible evolutionary direction of a many-body system like the atmosphere. The ability of the new physics-based scheme to improve model accuracy is demonstrated via the case of a hurricane as well as a yearlong continuous simulation.

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