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2.15.7 Horizontal dissipation

The following discretization of horizontal dissipation conserves potential vorticity (thickness weighted relative vorticity) and divergence and dissipates energy, enstrophy and divergence squared:

$\displaystyle G_u^{h-dissip}$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\Delta x_c} \delta_i ( A_D D - A_{D4} D^*) - \frac{1}{\Delta y_u h_w} \delta_j h_\zeta ( A_\zeta \zeta - A_{\zeta4} \zeta^* )$ (2.158)
$\displaystyle G_v^{h-dissip}$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\Delta x_v h_s} \delta_i h_\zeta ( A_\zeta \zeta - A_\zeta \zeta^* ) + \frac{1}{\Delta y_c} \delta_j ( A_D D - A_{D4} D^* )$ (2.159)

where
$\displaystyle D^*$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{{\cal A}_c h_c} ( \delta_i \Delta y_g h_w \nabla^2 u + \delta_j \Delta x_g h_s \nabla^2 v )$ (2.160)
$\displaystyle \zeta^*$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{{\cal A}_\zeta} ( \delta_i \Delta y_c \nabla^2 v - \delta_j \Delta x_c \nabla^2 u )$ (2.161)

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