| Consistency Problem with Tracer Advection in the Atmospheric Model GAMIL |
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| 作者姓名： | ZHANG Kai WAN Hui WANG Bin ZHANG Meigen |
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| 作者单位： | State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG) Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Chinese Academy of Sciences，State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG)，Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Chinese Academy of Sciences，State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG)，Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Chinese Academy of Sciences，State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC)，Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100029 Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049，Beijing 100029 Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049，Beijing 100029，Beijing 100029 |
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| 摘 要： | The radon transport test, which is a widely used test case for atmospheric transport models, is carried out to evaluate the tracer advection schemes in the Grid-Point Atmospheric Model of IAP-LASG （GAMIL）. Two of the three available schemes in the model are found to be associated with significant biases in the polar regions and in the upper part of the atmosphere, which implies potentially large errors in the simulation of ozone-like tracers. Theoretical analyses show that inconsistency exists between the advection schemes and the discrete continuity equation in the dynamical core of GAMIL and consequently leads to spurious sources and sinks in the tracer transport equation. The impact of this type of inconsistency is demonstrated by idealized tests and identified as the cause of the aforementioned biases. Other potential effects of this inconsistency are also discussed. Results of this study provide some hints for choosing suitable advection schemes in the GAMIL model. At least for the polax-region-concentrated atmospheric components and the closely correlated chemical species, the Flux-Form Semi-Lagrangian advection scheme produces more reasonable simulations of the large-scale transport processes without significantly increasing the computational expense.
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| 关 键 词： | 水平对流 大气 温度 数字模拟技术 |
| 收稿时间： | 22 November 2006 |
Consistency Problem with Tracer Advection
in the Atmospheric Model GAMIL |
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| ZHANG Kai,WAN Hui,WANG Bin,ZHANG Meigen.Consistency Problem with Tracer Advection in the Atmospheric Model GAMIL[J].Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,2008,25(2):306-318. |
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| Authors: | ZHANG Kai WAN Hui WANG Bin and ZHANG Meigen |
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| Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG),
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029;Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10004;State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG),
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029;Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10004;State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG),
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029;State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC),
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 |
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| Abstract: | The radon transport test,which is a widely used test case for atmospheric transport models,is carried out to evaluate the tracer advection schemes in the Grid-Point Atmospheric Model of IAP-LASG (GAMIL).TWO of the three available schemes in the model are found to be associated with significant biases in the polar regions and in the upper part of the atmosphere,which implies potentially large errors in the simulation of ozone-like tracers.Theoretical analyses show that inconsistency exists between the advection schemes and the discrete continuity equation in the dynamical core of GAMIL and consequently leads to spurious sources and sinks in the tracer transport equation.The impact of this type of inconsistency is demonstrated by idealized tests and identified as the cause of the aforementioned biases.Other potential effects of this inconsistency are also discussed.Results of this study provide some hints for choosing suitable advection schemes in the GAMIL model.At least for the polar-region-concentrated atmospheric components and the closely correlated chemical species,the Flux-Form Semi-Lagrangian advection scheme produces more reasonable simulations of the large-scale transport processes without significantly increasing the computational expense. |
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| Keywords: | numerical climate modelling tracer transport advection scheme consistency |
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