Numerical descriptions (DieCAST, Dietrich Center for Air Sea Technology)

  • Non-Hydrostatic, imcompressible, z-level ocean model
  • A blend of colocated and staggered grid (Arakawa A and C grids)
  • Fourth-order central difference control volume approximation
  • Rigid-lid approximation, fully conservative
  • Immersed boundary method (IBM) modification

    Main -Nesting -Numerics -Sensitivity study -General description -Comparison with mooring data -Comparison with observation -Hydrostatic v.s. Non-Hydrostatic -Effects of Monterey Canyon