The accuracies of the usual centered differencing, compact differencing and finite element methods are compared linearly with a geostrophic adjustment problem and nonlinearly with a vorticity advection problem. The finite element method provides the best approximation in the geostrophic adjustment problem on either a staggered or an unstaggered grid. The compact scheme provides the most accurate representation of the wavenumber distribution for the vorticity advection when the Arakawa Jacobian J7 is used.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Chang et al. (1985) studied this question.