The Hamiltonian particle-mesh method for the spherical shallow water equations

Jason Frank*, S. Reich

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Abstract

The Hamiltonian particle-mesh (HPM) method is generalized to the spherical shallow-water equations, utilizing constrained particle dynamics on the sphere and Merilees pseudospectral method (complexity O(J2logJ) in the latitudinal gridsize) to approximate the inverse modified Helmholtz reeularization operator. The time step for the explicit, symplectic integrator depends only on a uniform physical smoothing length.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-95
Number of pages7
JournalAtmospheric Science Letters
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Constraints
  • Hamiltonian equations of motion
  • Particle-mesh method
  • Shallow-water equations
  • Spherical geometry
  • Symplectic integration

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