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Hauptverfasser: Aguillon, Nina, Hörnschemeyer, Sophie, Sainte-Marie, Jacques
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16709
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author Aguillon, Nina
Hörnschemeyer, Sophie
Sainte-Marie, Jacques
author_facet Aguillon, Nina
Hörnschemeyer, Sophie
Sainte-Marie, Jacques
contents This work presents the numerical analysis of a barotropic-baroclinic splitting in a nonlinear multilayer framework with exchanges between the layers in terrain-following coordinates. The splitting is formulated as an exact operator splitting. The barotropic step handles free surface evolution and depth-averaged velocity via a well-balanced one-layer model, while the baroclinic step manages vertical exchanges between layers and adjusts velocities to their mean values. We show that the barotropic-baroclinic splitting preserves total energy conservation and meets both a discrete maximum principle and a discrete entropy inequality. Several numerical experiments are presented showing the gain in computational cost, particularly in low Froude simulations, with no loss of accuracy. The benefits of using a well-balancing strategy in the barotropic step to preserve the geostrophic equilibrium are inherited in the overall scheme.
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spellingShingle Barotropic-Baroclinic Splitting for Multilayer Shallow Water Models with Exchanges
Aguillon, Nina
Hörnschemeyer, Sophie
Sainte-Marie, Jacques
Numerical Analysis
This work presents the numerical analysis of a barotropic-baroclinic splitting in a nonlinear multilayer framework with exchanges between the layers in terrain-following coordinates. The splitting is formulated as an exact operator splitting. The barotropic step handles free surface evolution and depth-averaged velocity via a well-balanced one-layer model, while the baroclinic step manages vertical exchanges between layers and adjusts velocities to their mean values. We show that the barotropic-baroclinic splitting preserves total energy conservation and meets both a discrete maximum principle and a discrete entropy inequality. Several numerical experiments are presented showing the gain in computational cost, particularly in low Froude simulations, with no loss of accuracy. The benefits of using a well-balancing strategy in the barotropic step to preserve the geostrophic equilibrium are inherited in the overall scheme.
title Barotropic-Baroclinic Splitting for Multilayer Shallow Water Models with Exchanges
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16709