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We introduce a geometric variational discretization framework for geophysical flow models. The numerical scheme is obtained by discretizing, in a structure-preserving way, the Lie group formulation of fluid dynamics on diffeomorphism groups and the associated variational principles. Being based on a discrete version of the Euler-Poincaré variational method, this discretization approach is widely applicable. We present an overview of structure-preserving variational discretizations of various equations of geophysical fluid dynamics, such as the Boussinesq, anelastic, pseudo-incompressible, and rotating shallow-water equations. We verify the structure-preserving nature of the resulting variational integrators for test cases of geophysical relevance. Our framework applies to irregular mesh discretizations in 2D and 3D in planar and spherical geometry and produces schemes that preserve invariants of the equations such as mass and potential vorticity. Descending from variational principles, the discussed variational schemes exhibit a discrete version of Kelvin circulation theorem and show excellent long term energy behavior.
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Bauer, W., Gay-Balmaz, F. (2019). Variational Discretization Framework for Geophysical Flow Models. In: Nielsen, F., Barbaresco, F. (eds) Geometric Science of Information. GSI 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11712. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26980-7_54
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