Application of the parabolic spline method (PSM) to a multi-dimensional conservative semi-Lagrangian transport scheme (SLICE)
The recently devised one-dimensional parabolic spline method (PSM) for efficient, conservative, and monotonic remapping is introduced into the semi-Lagrangian inherently-conserving and efficient (SLICE) scheme for transport problems in multi-dimensions. To ensure mass conservation, an integral form of the transport equation is used rather than the differential form of classical semi-Lagrangian schemes. Integrals within the SLICE scheme are computed using multiple sweeps of PSM along flow-dependent cascade directions to avoid the large timestep-dependent splitting errors associated with traditional fixed-direction splitting. Accuracy of the overall scheme, including at large timestep, is demonstrated using two-dimensional test problems in both Cartesian and spherical geometries and compared with that of the piecewise parabolic method (PPM) applied within the same SLICE framework. Crown Copyright (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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