An Improved Dynamic Core for a Non-hydrostatic Model System on the Yin-Yang Grid  

作　　者：LI Xiaohan PENG Xindong LI Xingliang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences [2]Center of Numerical Weather Prediction,China Meteorological Administration

出　　处：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》2015年第5期648-658,共11页大气科学进展（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41175095);the National Key Technology R&D Program(Grant No. 2012BAC22B01);a research project of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (Grant No. 2014Z001)

摘　　要：A 3D dynamic core of the non-hydrostatic model GRAPES（Global/Regional Assimilation and Prediction System） is developed on the Yin-Yang grid to address the polar problem and to enhance the computational efficiency. Three-dimensional Coriolis forcing is introduced to the new core, and full representation of the Coriolis forcing makes it straightforward to share code between the Yin and Yang subdomains. Similar to that in the original GRAPES model, a semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian scheme is adopted for temporal integration and advection with additional arrangement for cross-boundary transport. Under a non-centered second-order temporal and spatial discretization, the dry nonhydrostatic frame is summarized as the solution of an elliptical problem. The resulting Helmholtz equation is solved with the Generalized Conjugate Residual solver in cooperation with the classic Schwarz method. Even though the coefficients of the equation are quite different from those in the original model, the computational procedure of the new core is just the same. The bi-cubic Lagrangian interpolation serves to provide Dirichlet-type boundary conditions with data transfer between the subdomains. The dry core is evaluated with several benchmark test cases, and all the tests display reasonable numerical stability and computing performance. Persistency of the balanced flow and development of both the mountain-induced Rossby wave and Rossby–Haurwitz wave confirms the appropriate installation of the 3D Coriolis terms in the semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian dynamic core on the Yin-Yang grid.A 3D dynamic core of the non-hydrostatic model GRAPES（Global/Regional Assimilation and Prediction System） is developed on the Yin-Yang grid to address the polar problem and to enhance the computational efficiency. Three-dimensional Coriolis forcing is introduced to the new core, and full representation of the Coriolis forcing makes it straightforward to share code between the Yin and Yang subdomains. Similar to that in the original GRAPES model, a semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian scheme is adopted for temporal integration and advection with additional arrangement for cross-boundary transport. Under a non-centered second-order temporal and spatial discretization, the dry nonhydrostatic frame is summarized as the solution of an elliptical problem. The resulting Helmholtz equation is solved with the Generalized Conjugate Residual solver in cooperation with the classic Schwarz method. Even though the coefficients of the equation are quite different from those in the original model, the computational procedure of the new core is just the same. The bi-cubic Lagrangian interpolation serves to provide Dirichlet-type boundary conditions with data transfer between the subdomains. The dry core is evaluated with several benchmark test cases, and all the tests display reasonable numerical stability and computing performance. Persistency of the balanced flow and development of both the mountain-induced Rossby wave and Rossby–Haurwitz wave confirms the appropriate installation of the 3D Coriolis terms in the semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian dynamic core on the Yin-Yang grid.

关 键 词：Yin-Yang grid semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian NONHYDROSTATIC dynamic core 

分 类 号：P456.7[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]