Building an Ocean Model using Mimetic Operators, and other musings from a PhD in Computational Science

November 1, 2024

TIME: 3:30 PM

LOCATION: GMCS 314

SPEAKER: Jared Brzenski, San Diego State University

ABSTRACT:

 I will be presenting an implementation for solving Navier-Stokes equations using mimetic difference operators in building an ocean model.   Mimetic operators can be constructed to high orders of accuracy and maintain the physical properties of the problems under consideration.  I demonstrate features of the ocean model code and display test cases that verify the physical properties of the modeled systems. The resulting model allows for simple and efficient computation of fluid processes on complex curvilinear grids, which helps to solve problems in more complex regions while minimizing the restrictions of finite difference methods. This, along with musings about different and unique aspects of the CSRC Computational Science program at SDSU will be presented, especially what features were helpful to my particular journey.

HOST: Jose Castillo

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