MPDATA: A Finite-Difference Solver for G
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Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz; Len G. Margolin
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This article is a review of MPDATA, a class of methods for the numerical simulation of fluid flows based on the sign-preserving properties of upstream differencing. MPDATA was designed originally as an inexpensive alternative to flux-limited schemes for evaluating the advection of nonnegative thermo