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A Hybrid Spectral/Finite-Volume Algorithm for Large-Eddy Simulation of Scalars in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

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Pseudospectral methods are frequently used in the horizontal directions in large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows. However, the same approach often creates unphysical oscillations for scalar fields if there are horizontal heterogeneities in the sources and/or sinks, as is usual in air pollution problems. A hybrid approach is developed to combine the use of pseudospectral representation of the velocity field and bounded finite-volumes for the scalar concentration. An interpolation scheme that yields a divergence-free interpolated velocity field is derived and implemented, and its importance is illustrated by two sample applications.

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  1. Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering and Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marcelo Chamecki

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Charles Meneveau

  3. School of Architecture, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Marc B. Parlange

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Chamecki, M., Meneveau, C. & Parlange, M.B. A Hybrid Spectral/Finite-Volume Algorithm for Large-Eddy Simulation of Scalars in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 128, 473–484 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-008-9302-1

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