Split-explicit external mode solver in finite volume sea ice ocean model FESOM2 ...

A novel split-explicit (SE) external mode solver for the Finite volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model (FESOM2) is presented. It is compared with the semi-implicit (SI) solver currently used in FESOM2. The SE solver utilises a dissipative asynchronous (forward-backward) time-stepping scheme. Its implementation...

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Main Authors: Banerjee, Tridib, Scholz, Patrick, Danilov, Sergey, Klingbeil, Knut, Sidorenko, Dimitry
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 2023
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2311.08241
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08241
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Summary:A novel split-explicit (SE) external mode solver for the Finite volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model (FESOM2) is presented. It is compared with the semi-implicit (SI) solver currently used in FESOM2. The SE solver utilises a dissipative asynchronous (forward-backward) time-stepping scheme. Its implementation with Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) vertical coordinates like Z-star and Z-tilde is explored. The comparisons are performed through multiple test cases involving idealised and realistic global simulations. The SE solver demonstrates lower phase errors and dissipation, but maintain a simulated mean ocean state very similar to the SI solver. The SE solver is also shown to possess better run-time performance and parallel scalability across all tested workloads. ... : Submitted to Geoscientific Model Development number: GMD-2023-208. Development code for FESOM2.5 with explicit subcycling available at: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10040943. Name of funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Grant agreement or award number: 274762653 ...