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3.11.4 Comparison of different advection schemes

  1. Conservation
  2. Dispersion
  3. Diffusion
  4. Positive definite

Figure 3.3: Dye evolving in a double gyre with different advection schemes. The figure shows the dye concentration one year after injection into a single grid cell near the left boundary. Stream lines are also shown.
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Figure 3.4: Maxima, minima and standard deviation (from left) as a function of time (in months) for the gyre circulation experiment from figure 3.3.
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