Analysis of numerical stability of algebraic oceanic turbulent mixing layer models

In this paper, we study the stability of oceanic turbulent mixing layers by the finite element method with respect to perturbations of the data. We prove that the equilibria states depend continuously on the data, and that they are asymptotically stable in time, when approximated by standard numeric...

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Autores: Chacón Rebollo, Tomás, Gómez Mármol, María Macarena, Rubino, Samuele
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/154006
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/154006
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2014.04.050
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Oceanic turbulent mixing layers
Gradient Richardson number
Eddy diffusion models
Primitive Equations of the ocean
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Sumario:In this paper, we study the stability of oceanic turbulent mixing layers by the finite element method with respect to perturbations of the data. We prove that the equilibria states depend continuously on the data, and that they are asymptotically stable in time, when approximated by standard numerical schemes. We also perform some numerical tests for realistic initial conditions, that also show that the mixing-layer configurations are stable under perturbations of the data, in addition to confirm the theoretical expectations of our analysis.