COLD BUBBLE
Case description
The COLD BUBBLE case simulates a density current (cold air outbreak) in the atmosphere. This is a classic test case for non-hydrostatic dynamics and validates the model ability to reproduce propagating gravity currents.
Configuration
Parameter |
Value |
|---|---|
Category |
Idealized cases |
Dynamics |
Non-hydrostatic |
Horizontal grid spacing |
50 m (1024x1 grid) |
Integration length |
900 s (15 minutes) |
Time step |
0.5 s |
Coriolis effect |
disabled |
Turbulence |
NONE |
Cloud scheme |
NONE |
Deep convection |
NONE |
Radiation |
NONE |
Steps
Step |
Script |
|---|---|
001_prep_ideal |
run_prep_ideal_case |
002_mesonh |
run_mesonh |
Specificities
Scientific specificities
Cold pool perturbation with temperature anomaly of -16.2 K
Perturbation centered at 3000m with radius 4000x4000x2000m (x,y,z)
Open lateral boundary conditions on x-axis, cyclic on y-axis
No physics (DNS-like configuration)
Resolution: 1024 x 1 x 128 grid points
Technical specificities
Cartesian domain with 1024x1 horizontal points
128 vertical levels with 50m spacing
Stretched vertical grid (2.5x factor above 5000m)
Boussinesq approximation disabled
Validation
Vertical velocity evolution (W)
Temperature perturbation propagation
Cloud visualization
Numerical ressources
Single CPU (1 node, 1 core)