Numerical methods are a core competence for investigations of atmospheric dynamics. Several of our studies contribute to development, improvement, and implementation of corresponding approaches.

Publications

2016

Ribstein, B. and  U. Achatz 2016: The interaction between gravity waves and solar tides in a linear tidal model with a 4D ray-tracing gravity-wave parameterization. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2016JA022478

2015

Düben, P. and Dolaptchiev, S. I., 2015: Rounding errors may be benecial for simulations of
atmospheric  flow: Results from the forced 1D Burgers equation. Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 29, 311-328

Remmler, S., Hickel, S., Fruman, M.D., and U. Achatz, 2015: Validation of Large-Eddy Simulation Methods for Gravity-Wave Breaking. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3537-3562

Muraschko, J. , Fruman, M. D. , Achatz, U. , Hickel, S., and Y. Toledo, 2015: On the application of WKB theory for the simulation of the weakly nonlinear dynamics of gravity waves. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 676–697

2014

Borchert, S., Achatz. U., Remmler, S., Hickel, S., Harlander, U., Vincze, M., Alexandrov, K.D., Rieper, F., Heppelmann, T. and S.I. Dolaptchiev, 2014: Finite-volume models with implicit subgrid-scale parameterization for the differentially heated rotating annulus. Met. Zeitschr., 23, 561–580 

Vinzce. M.,  Borchert, S., Achatz, U. , von Larcher, T., Baumann, M., Liersch, C., Remmler, S., Beck, T., Alexandrov, K., Egbers, C., Fröhlich, J., Heuveline, V., Hickel, S., and Harlander, U., 2014: Benchmarking in a rotating annulus: a comparative experimental and numerical study of baroclinic wave dynamics. Met. Zeitschr., 23, 611–635

2013

Rieper, F., Hickel, S., and U. Achatz , A conservative integration of the pseudo-incompressible equations with implicit turbulence parameterization. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 861-886

Dolaptchiev, S.I., Achatz U. and I. Timofeyev , Stochastic closure for local averages in the finite-difference discretization of the forced Burgers equation. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 27, 297-317

Dolaptchiev, S.~I., Timofeyev, I. and Achatz, U., Subgrid-scale closure for the inviscid Burgers-Hopf equation, Commun. Math. Sci., 11, 757–777

2011

Rieper, F., A low Mach number fix for Roe's approximate Riemann solver. Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 230, Issue 13, 10 June 2011, Pages 5263-5287

2010

Dellacherie S., Omnes P., Rieper, F., The influence of cell geometry on the Godunov scheme applied to the linear wave equation. J. Comp. Phys. 229 (2) (2010) 221-232

Rieper, F., On the dissipation mechanism of upwind-schemes in the low Mach number regime: a comparison between Roe and HLL. J. Comp. Phys. 229 (2) (2010) 221-232