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Numerical Gill Model to simulate tropical circulation forced by latent heating

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A numerical Gill Model to simulate large scale tropical circulation

This model is based on the works of Matsuno (1966) and Gill (1980). 3 prognostic variables u,v and p on a 2-dimensional spatial domain are integrated in time forced by a convective heating Q.

This code base is using the Julia Language (advisably at least 1.7.0) and DrWatson to make a reproducible scientific project named

numerical_gill

To (locally) reproduce this project, do the following:

  1. Download this code base.

  2. Open a Julia console and do:

    julia> using Pkg
julia> Pkg.activate("path/to/this/project")
julia> Pkg.instantiate()

This will install all necessary packages for you.

Check out notebooks/showcase.ipynb for more information and a demonstration of how to reproduce the solution to idealised forcing from Gill 1980.

References:

  • Matsuno, Taroh. "Quasi-geostrophic motions in the equatorial area." Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 44.1 (1966): 25-43.
  • Gill, Adrian E. "Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 106.449 (1980): 447-462.