16JAN

Case description

2-domain grid-nesting real case from 16 January 1998. Tests the WENO-K advection scheme and coupling between two nested domains with lateral boundary conditions. Simulation uses ERAI analysis for initial and boundary conditions.

Configuration

Parameter

Value

Category

Technical cases

NMODEL

2

XTSTEP

XSEGLEN

NITR

8

CCLOUD

KESS

CTURB

TKEL

CRAD

ECRA

CDCONV

KAFR

CSCONV

KAFR

CUVW_ADV_SCHEME

WENO_K

NWENO_ORDER

5

CTEMP_SCHEME

RK53

Steps

Step

Script

PREP_PGD1

run_pgd

PREP_PGD2

run_pgd

PREP_NEST

run_pgd

PRE_REAL1

run_prep_real_case

PRE_REAL2

run_prep_real_case

SPAWN1

run_spa_real

run1

run_mesonh1 (16 CPUs)

run2

run_mesonh2 (16 CPUs)

DIAG1

run_diag

Specificities

  • 2 nested domains with coupling

  • 5th order WENO-K advection scheme

  • Runge-Kutta 3rd order temporal scheme (RK53)

  • ERAI analysis for initial conditions

  • Lateral boundary conditions: OPEN boundaries

  • 12-hour simulation (43200s)

  • Multiple coupling files (CCPLFILE)

Validation

  • WENO-K scheme stability and accuracy

  • Domain nesting coupling

  • Temporal evolution of meteorological fields

Numerical ressources

HPC: 1 node, 16 cores (MPI parallel)

References

  • Jan 16, 1998 case study

  • WENO scheme literature (Liu et al., 1994)