Overview

The following sub-sections describe the various components of the JAX-ALFA model.

• Initialization Module (INI)
  • Configuration Loader
  • Derived Variables
  • Import All Modules
  • Initialization of Variables
  • Preprocessing of Variables
• Main Program (MAIN)
  • Main Program
• Navier-Stokes Equations (NSE)
  • All Terms
  • Advection Terms
  • Buoyancy Terms
  • Pressure Terms
  • SGS Terms
  • Time Advancement
• Scalar Equations (SCL)
  • Scalar All Terms
  • Scalar Advection Terms
  • Scalar SGS Terms
  • Scalar Time Advancement
• Subgrid-Scale (SGS) Modeling
  • Strain Rates Computations
  • SGS Stress Computations: Smagorinsky
  • SGS Stress Computations: Wong-Lilly
  • Scalar SGS Flux Computations: Smagorinsky
  • Scalar SGS Flux Computations: Wong-Lilly
  • Static SGS Modeling: Main Code
  • Dynamic SGS Modeling: Main Code
  • SGS Model: LASDD-SM (Momentum)
  • SGS Model: LASDD-WL (Momentum)
  • SGS Model: LASDD-SM (Scalar)
  • SGS Model: LASDD-WL (Scalar)
• Surface Layer (SFC) Modeling
  • Surface Flux Parameterization
• Core Operations (OPS)
  • FFT Computations
  • Filtering Computations
  • Derivative Computations
  • Dealiasing Computations
• Miscellaneous Items (MSC)
  • Compute Statistics
  • Miscellaneous Terms