Challenges and prospects in ocean circulation models

B Fox-Kemper, A Adcroft, CW Böning… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the challenges and prospects for ocean circulation models following Griffies et al..
Over the past decade, ocean circulation models evolved through improved understanding …

Jets downstream of collisionless shocks

F Plaschke, H Hietala, M Archer, X Blanco-Cano… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
The magnetosheath flow may take the form of large amplitude, yet spatially localized,
transient increases in dynamic pressure, known as “magnetosheath jets” or “plasmoids” …

The GFDL global ocean and sea ice model OM4. 0: Model description and simulation features

A Adcroft, W Anderson, V Balaji… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We document the configuration and emergent simulation features from the Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) OM4. 0 ocean/sea ice model. OM4 serves as the …

High-order conservative reconstruction schemes for finite volume methods in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

A Mignone - Journal of Computational Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
High-order reconstruction schemes for the solution of hyperbolic conservation laws in
orthogonal curvilinear coordinates are revised in the finite volume approach. The …

A primer on the vertical Lagrangian‐remap method in ocean models based on finite volume generalized vertical coordinates

SM Griffies, A Adcroft… - Journal of Advances in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a primer on the mathematical, physical, and numerical foundations of
ocean models that are formulated using finite volume generalized vertical coordinate …

Vlasiator: First global hybrid-Vlasov simulations of Earth's foreshock and magnetosheath

S Von Alfthan, D Pokhotelov, Y Kempf… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present results from a new hybrid-Vlasov simulation code, Vlasiator, designed for global
magnetospheric simulations. Vlasiator represents ions by a six-dimensional distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Enabling technology for global 3D+ 3V hybrid-Vlasov simulations of near-Earth space

U Ganse, T Koskela, M Battarbee, Y Pfau-Kempf… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present methods and algorithms that allow the Vlasiator code to run global, three-
dimensional hybrid-Vlasov simulations of Earth's entire magnetosphere. The key ingredients …

The numerics of hydrostatic structured-grid coastal ocean models: State of the art and future perspectives

K Klingbeil, F Lemarié, L Debreu, H Burchard - Ocean Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
The state of the art of the numerics of hydrostatic structured-grid coastal ocean models is
reviewed here. First, some fundamental differences in the hydrodynamics of the coastal …

Non-uniform adaptive vertical grids for 3D numerical ocean models

R Hofmeister, H Burchard, JM Beckers - Ocean Modelling, 2010 - Elsevier
A new strategy for the vertical gridding in terrain-following 3D ocean models is presented
here. The vertical grid adaptivity is partially given by a vertical diffusion equation for the …

ULF foreshock under radial IMF: THEMIS observations and global kinetic simulation Vlasiator results compared

M Palmroth, M Archer, R Vainio… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, monochromatic large‐scale ultralow frequency (ULF) waves with a period of
about 30 s have been observed upstream of the quasi‐parallel bow shock. These waves …