Control Volume Method for the Thermal Convection Problem in a Rotating Spherical Shell: Test on the Benchmark Solution

The development of the control volume method for the thermal convection problem in a rotating spherical shell is presented. In contrast to the spectral methods, commonly used in geodynamo simulations, the control volume method belongs to the class of grid methods (the solution is approximated by a set of discrete values in physical space). In the present paper we concentrate on some problems of convergence and stability of the method. Case 0 of the numerical dynamo benchmark (Christensen et al., 2001, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 128, 25-34) was used to check the correctness of our computer code. The results demonstrate good convergence to the suggested standard solution.     

Dynamos with weakly convecting outer layers: implications for core-mantle boundary interaction

Convection in the Earth's core is driven much harder at the bottom than the top. This is partly because the adiabatic gradient steepens towards the top, partly because the spherical geometry means the area involved increases towards the top, and partly because compositional convection is driven by light material released at the lower boundary and remixed uniformly throughout the outer core, providing a volumetric sink of buoyancy. We have therefore investigated dynamo action of thermal convection in a Boussinesq fluid contained within a rotating spherical shell driven by a combination of bottom and internal heating or cooling. We first apply a homogeneous temperature on the outer boundary in order to explore the effects of heat sinks on dynamo action; we then impose an inhomogeneous temperature proportional to a single spherical harmonic Y ₂² in order to explore core-mantle interactions. With homogeneous boundary conditions and moderate Rayleigh numbers, a heat sink reduces the generated magnetic field appreciably; the magnetic Reynolds number remains high because the dominant toroidal component of flow is not reduced significantly. The dipolar structure of the field becomes more pronounced as found by other authors. Increasing the Rayleigh number yields a regime in which convection inside the tangent cylinder is strongly affected by the magnetic field. With inhomogeneous boundary conditions, a heat sink promotes boundary effects and locking of the magnetic field to boundary anomalies. We show that boundary locking is inhibited by advection of heat in the outer regions. With uniform heating, the boundary effects are only significant at low Rayleigh numbers, when dynamo action is only possible for artificially low magnetic diffusivity. With heat sinks, the boundary effects remain significant at higher Rayleigh numbers provided the convection remains weak or the fluid is stably stratified at the top. Dynamo action is driven by vigorous convection at depth while boundary thermal anomalies dominate in the upper regions. This is a likely regime for the Earth's core.     

瞬变电磁三维FDTD正演多分辨网格方法

瞬变电磁三维时域有限差分（FDTD）正演的网格剖分受最小网格尺寸、时间步长、边界条件、目标尺寸、模型尺寸等的影响,结构化网格一直存在最小网格尺寸受限于异常目标尺寸的矛盾;尽管非均匀网格能够在保证模型尺寸的前提下尽可能的降低网格数量,但由于Yee网格结构的限制,非均匀网格不能无限制的扩大单一方向的尺寸,这是为了避免边界网格区域出现长宽比过大的畸形网格,影响计算精度甚至导致结果发散.在非均匀网格剖分的基础上,本文提出了瞬变电磁三维FDTD正演的多尺度网格方法,即首先使用较大尺寸的粗网格进行第一次剖分,然后在希望加密的区域进行二次剖分,使计算域中包含粗、细两套网格.尽管细网格包含在粗网格内部,但其具有Yee网格的全部属性,因而可以在网格中设置不同的电性参数模拟不同形状的目标.基于Maxwell方程组推导了细网格内电场和磁场的迭代公式,基于泰勒展开给出了设置粗、细网格后产生的内部边界条件,使电磁场的传播在粗、细网格和时间步进上得到统一.采用均匀半空间中包含三维低阻异常的经典模型和三维接触带复杂模型进行精度验证,发现多分辨网格方法计算结果满足精度要求.使用"L"型异常模型计算采用多分辨网格方法和不采用多分辨网格的传统FDTD方法对比计算效率,发现多分辨网格算法能够显著提高计算效率,并能够保证计算精度.     

Control Volume Method for the Dynamo Problem in the Sphere with the Free Rotating Inner Core

A model of thermally driven dynamo in the Boussinesq approximation in the spherical shell with the free rotating inner core is considered. To solve equations we use a new in dynamo modeling control volume technique (for details of this method for hydrodynamics see Patankar, 1980). The main advantage of this method over previous attempts to solve magnetohydrodynamics equations in the spherical grids is that no filtering of high harmonics in the pole regions is needed. We present the results of simulations for the self-consistent dynamo system evolution over the diffusion time and longer periods. Different ways of stabilizations of magnetohydrodynamics equations, when convective terms are of the same order (or larger) as conductive ones, are considered.     

用格点尝试法求解P波初动震源机制解及解的质量评价

P波初动符号物理图像明确,是稳定的地震波信息.在资料充分时,可以较好地确定震源机制解.网格搜索法是目前流行的利用P波初动符号求解地震震源机制解的方法.不过,在实际观测资料不充分时,虽然较迭代算法优越,但网格搜索法依然有较大的不确定性.到目前为止,人们还没有找到合理的解决方案,极大地制约了这一类方法的应用.针对这一现状,本文在许忠淮提出的格点尝试法的基础上对网格搜索法进行了几个方面的改进.首先,采用新的加权方法计算加权矛盾比：权重因子包括反映初动符号质量的权重以体现资料质量的影响;不包括反映观测点与节面距离的权重以避免因节面附近资料权重的双重减小带来的系统偏差;通过减小震源球上密集资料点的权重以部分地抵消震源球上P波初动符号资料分布不均匀对可能解的影响.在通过加权矛盾比筛选可能的震源机制解时,把震源球分为面积相对均匀的网格进行解的搜索,避免了因网格划分不均匀所导致的平均解的计算偏差.针对资料不足情况下震源机制解会受控于个别观测点P波初动符号的情况,我们借鉴杰克刀（jackknife）技术,在可选解中增加了那些一个观测点被去除后的可选解,既对解的质量有了更好的把握,又增加了找到真解的可能性.进一步地,针对可选解存在多个解簇的情况,本文提出了通过聚类提供多组可选解的做法.最后,针对目前缺乏对解的合理评价体系的现状,提出了主要基于解的离散度并参考加权最小矛盾比对震源机制解质量进行评价的新方案.     

A central difference method with low numerical dispersion for solving the scalar wave equation

In this paper, we propose a nearly‐analytic central difference method, which is an improved version of the central difference method. The new method is fourth‐order accurate with respect to both space and time but uses only three grid points in spatial directions. The stability criteria and numerical dispersion for the new scheme are analysed in detail. We also apply the nearly‐analytic central difference method to 1D and 2D cases to compute synthetic seismograms. For comparison, the fourth‐order Lax‐Wendroff correction scheme and the fourth‐order staggered‐grid finite‐difference method are used to model acoustic wavefields. Numerical results indicate that the nearly‐analytic central difference method can be used to solve large‐scale problems because it effectively suppresses numerical dispersion caused by discretizing the scalar wave equation when too coarse grids are used. Meanwhile, numerical results show that the minimum sampling rate of the nearly‐analytic central difference method is about 2.5 points per minimal wavelength for eliminating numerical dispersion, resulting that the nearly‐analytic central difference method can save greatly both computational costs and storage space as contrasted to other high‐order finite‐difference methods such as the fourth‐order Lax‐Wendroff correction scheme and the fourth‐order staggered‐grid finite‐difference method.     

A unified formulation for the three-dimensional shallow water equations using orthogonal co-ordinates: theory and application

In this paper, the formulations of the primitive equations for shallow water flow in various horizontal co-ordinate systems and the associated finite difference grid options used in shallow water flow modelling are reviewed. It is observed that horizontal co-ordinate transformations do not affect the chosen co-ordinate system and representation in the vertical, and are the same for the three- and two-dimensional cases. A systematic derivation of the equations in tensor notation is presented, resulting in a unified formulation for the shallow water equations that covers all orthogonal horizontal grid types of practical interest. This includes spherical curvilinear orthogonal co-ordinate systems on the globe. Computational efficiency can be achieved in a single computer code. Furthermore, a single numerical algorithmic code implementation satisfies. All co-ordinate system specific metrics are determined as part of a computer-aided model grid design, which supports all four orthogonal grid types. Existing intuitive grid design and visual interpretation is conserved by appropriate conformal mappings, which conserve spherical orthogonality in planar representation. A spherical curvilinear co-ordinate solution of wind driven steady channel flow applying a strongly distorted grid is shown to give good agreement with a regular spherical co-ordinate model approach and the solution based on a β-plane approximation. Especially designed spherical curvilinear boundary fitted model grids are shown for typhoon surge propagation in the South China Sea and for ocean-driven flows through Malacca Straits. By using spherical curvilinear grids the number of grid points in these single model grid applications is reduced by a factor of 50–100 in comparison with regular spherical grids that have the same horizontal resolution in the area of interest. The spherical curvilinear approach combines the advantages of the various grid approaches, while the overall computational effort remains acceptable for very large model domains.     

The onset of magnetoconvection at large Prandtl number in a rotating layer II. Small magnetic diffusion

Abstract

This paper develops further a convection model that has been studied several times previously as a very crude idealization of planetary core dynamics. A plane layer of electrically-conducting fluid rotates about the vertical in the presence of a magnetic field. Such a field can be created spontaneously, as in the Childress-Soward dynamo, but here it is uniform, horizontal and externally-applied. The Prandtl number of the fluid is large, but the Ekman, Elsasser and Rayleigh numbers are of unit order. In Part I of this series, it was also supposed that the ratio thermal diffusivity diffusivity/magnetic diffusivity is O(1), but here we suppose that this ratio is large. The character of the solution is changed in this limit. In the case of main interest, when the layer is confined between electrically-insulating no-slip walls, the solution is significantly different from the solution when the mathematically simpler, illustrative boundary conditions also considered in Part I are employed. As in Part I, attention is focussed on the onset of convection as the temperature difference applied across the layer is increased, and on the preferred mode, i.e., the planform and time-dependence of small amplitude convection.     

Solution of the transport equations using a moving coordinate system

A convection-diffusion equation arises from the conservation equations in miscible and immiscible flooding, thermal recovery, and water movement through desiccated soil. When the convection term dominates the diffusion term, the equations are very difficult to solve numerically. Owing to the hyperbolic character assumed for dominating convection, inaccurate, oscillating solutions result. A new solution technique minimizes the oscillations. The differential equation is transformed into a moving coordinate system which eliminates the convection term but makes the boundary location change in time. We illustrate the new method on two one-dimensional problems: the linear convection-diffusion equation and a non-linear diffusion type equation governing water movement through desiccated soil. Transforming the linear convection diffusion equation into a moving coordinate system gives a diffusion equation with time dependent boundary conditions. We apply orthogonal collocation on finite elements with a Crank-Nicholson time discretization. Comparisons are made to schemes using fixed coordinate systems. The equation describing movement of water in dry soil is a highly non-linear diffusion-type equation with coefficients varying over six orders of magnitude. We solve the equation in a coordinate system moving with a time-dependent velocity, which is determined by the location of the largest gradient of the solution. The finite difference technique with a variable grid size is applied, and a modified Crank-Nicholson technique is used for the temporal discretization. Comparisons are made to an exact solution obtained by similarity transformation, and with an ordinary finite difference scheme on a fixed coordinate system.     

模拟震源动力学破裂过程的数值方法研究

为模拟震源的动力学破裂过程,本文讨论一种求解剪切裂纹动力学扩展问题的有限差分法。在研究二维反平面破裂的基础上,我们把所用方法推广到三维问题。研究了许多简单震源模型,通过对比同一问题的解析解和其它数值解,对方法的正确性和计算精度进行了检验,结果表明我们的数值方法是可行的。最后,作为初步应用的例子,我们研究了非均匀断层的自发破裂问题。     

自适应多尺度第二代小波配点法探地雷达数值模拟

基于第二代小波变换的提升方案构造了插值小波,将雷达波场函数进行了二维小波变换,得到所有尺度上与计算网格相联系的小波系数和尺度系数.对所有尺度上的小波系数进行分析,根据解的局部性与小波系数阈值的控制,实现网格压缩和配点的自适应调节.保留大于给定阈值的小波系数及对应网格点,令小于给定阈值的小波系数为零,并舍弃其对应网格点.达到光滑区域采用较少的计算网格点,在奇异性较大的区域采用较多的计算网格点的目的.通过对自适应网格进行邻域校正、重构检查等附加修正,推导了场值更新的显式时间迭代方案.最后,以均匀、阶梯与复杂三个典型GPR模型为例,与常规数值计算结果对比表明：自适应小波配点法（AWCM）利用第二代小波的多尺度分解和快速变换的特点,可以使计算网格随着时间步适应解的移动和变化,允许计算资源更有效地使用,具有高压缩率,达到跟踪奇异性的目的,特别适合于探地雷达正演中波传问题的模拟.     

Distribution of magnetic energy in αΩ-dynamos,I: The method

Abstract

In this paper a method for solving the equation for the mean magnetic energy <BB> of a solar type dynamo with an axisymmetric convection zone geometry is developed and the main features of the method are described. This method is referred to as the finite magnetic energy method since it is based on the idea that the real magnetic field B of the dynamo remains finite only if <BB> remains finite. Ensemble averaging is used, which implies that fields of all spatial scales are included, small-scale as well as large-scale fields. The method yields an energy balance for the mean energy density ε ≡ B ²/8π of the dynamo, from which the relative energy production rates by the different dynamo processes can be inferred. An estimate for the r.m.s. field strength at the surface and at the base of the convection zone can be found by comparing the magnetic energy density and the outgoing flux at the surface with the observed values. We neglect resistive effects and present arguments indicating that this is a fair assumption for the solar convection zone. The model considerations and examples presented indicate that (1) the energy loss at the solar surface is almost instantaneous; (2) the convection in the convection zone takes place in the form of giant cells; (3) the r.m.s. field strength at the base of the solar convection zone is no more than a few hundred gauss; (4) the turbulent diffusion coefficient within the bulk of the convection zone is about 10¹⁴cm²s^?1, which is an order of magnitude larger than usually adopted in solar mean field models.     

Numerical modeling of Gaussian beam propagation and diffraction in inhomogeneous media based on the complex eikonal equation

Gaussian beam is an important complex geometrical optical technology for modeling seismic wave propagation and diffraction in the subsurface with complex geological structure. Current methods for Gaussian beam modeling rely on the dynamic ray tracing and the evanescent wave tracking. However, the dynamic ray tracing method is based on the paraxial ray approximation and the evanescent wave tracking method cannot describe strongly evanescent fields. This leads to inaccuracy of the computed wave fields in the region with a strong inhomogeneous medium. To address this problem, we compute Gaussian beam wave fields using the complex phase by directly solving the complex eikonal equation. In this method, the fast marching method, which is widely used for phase calculation, is combined with Gauss–Newton optimization algorithm to obtain the complex phase at the regular grid points. The main theoretical challenge in combination of this method with Gaussian beam modeling is to address the irregular boundary near the curved central ray. To cope with this challenge, we present the non-uniform finite difference operator and a modified fast marching method. The numerical results confirm the proposed approach.     

Control volume method for hydromagnetic dynamos in rotating spherical shells: Testing the code against the numerical dynamo benchmark

Hydromagnetic dynamos in rotating spherical shells are investigated using the control volume method. We present a validation of our code against the numerical dynamo benchmark. It is successfully benchmarked and we are able to conclude that the control volume method is another numerical method available for numerical modelling of self-consistent dynamos. In addition, the efficiency of our numerical code is tested. Computations provide conclusions that dynamo codes based on the spectral methods are much more efficient than our code based on the control volume method at the study of global fields on small and medium size parallel computers. However, our code could be much more efficient than codes based on the spectral methods on very large parallel computers, especially at the study of turbulence.     

2维和2.5维起伏地表直流电法有限差分数值模拟

起伏地表直流电场数值模拟现多采用有限元法,主要是因为其有灵活的处理曲边界的能力,然而有限元法比有限差分法要复杂,如果让有限差分法也同样具有较好的处理曲边界的能力,那数值模拟将变得更为简单.本文通过在非正则内点处采用不等距差分,在起伏地表点处直接实现边界条件,克服转移法人为改变地表形状的弊端,使得基于笛卡尔网格的有限差分...     

基于非均一场源的球坐标大地电磁模拟方法

大地电磁测深理论与数据处理解释均假定平面电磁波垂直入射地下空间,但随着研究尺度的逐渐扩大,使得因地球弧度产生的影响难以忽略.此时,传统笛卡尔坐标体系及平面波场源不再适用于大尺度的大地电磁数据正反演解释.本文提出并实现了一种基于球坐标系的大地电磁交错网格有限差分三维正演算法,并对电场进行极向-环向分解,结合球谐函数和贝塞尔函数构建了可取代平面波的场源模型.首先利用经纬度信息构建三维地电模型,将场源设置于模型空间正上方,然后通过直接求解球坐标系下麦克斯韦方程来获得大地电磁响应.在此基础上,本文设计了球坐标下具有不同分辨率的多个三维地电模型,阐述了由球体模型到笛卡尔模型的转换方法,详细对比了两种坐标体系在计算效率、所求得的电场和视电阻率方面的差异.结果表明二者差异度主要与电性横向分布和地图投影方法有关,与周期并不存在明显的单调递增关系.     

基于变换光学有限差分探地雷达数值模拟研究

在采用有限差分方法开展探地雷达复杂目标体精细结构模拟时,为了提高计算精度,常采用非均匀网格对目标区域划分小尺寸的网格,以压制离散网格频散现象和保证有限差分方法的稳定性.常规非均匀网格和自适应亚网格技术在网格剖分数量和粗细网格边界处理上难以达到计算效率和计算精度的均衡.本文根据隐形斗篷(invisible cloak)理论,将基于变换光学(Transformation optics)理论应用于有限差分探地雷达数值计算中.该理论的主要思想是基于目标参数变化而保持电磁场的传播不变性,在坐标变换后,Maxwell方程的形式可以维持不变,而使得相对介电常数与磁导率的表达式变得复杂.通过这种方式可以虚拟地扩大目标体所占的网格节点数,减少背景介质区域的网格数,不增加模型空间的网格总数.另外,这种网格划分方式不但提高了计算效率,同时也可以克服亚网格技术边界反射误差的影响.本文推导实现了基于变换光学的二维有限差分方法,通过典型探地雷达模型测试,对比分析了该方法与常规有限差分、变网格有限差分和自适应亚网格有限差分的优缺点.计算结果验证了基于变换光学的有限差分可用于探地雷达目标精细结构模拟,具有较高的计算精度和计算效率.     

基于平均导数优化方法的VTI介质频率空间域正演

本文提出了一种新的基于平均导数优化方法(average-derivative optimal method,简称ADM)的二维VTI介质qP波波动方程频率空间域二阶9点格式,这种新算法将二维VTI介质qP波波动方程中中心空间导数项的差分近似表示为正交方向上3个网格点的加权平均形式.通过最小二乘优化方法求取空间导数项和加速度项的加权优化系数从而使数值频散达到极小化,每个波长所需要的网格点数在1%的误差范围内仅为3.57个网格点数,而VTI介质常规9点差分格式在相同的误差范围内则需要约12个网格点数,新方法的计算精度明显提高.复杂BP2007 2D VTI海洋标准模型数值模拟结果也验证了本文VTI介质9点ADM算法的有效性和准确性.     

Study on 3D simulation of wave fields in acoustic reflection image logging

The borehole acoustic reflection imaging logging is a newly developed acoustic logging method that has attracted many interests. These converted and reflected waves for imaging are usually mixed up with borehole guided waves and therefore difficult to be clearly identified. To improve the downhole tool design and develop more sophisticate data processing and interpretation algorithms,studies on precisely numerical modeling of the wave fields in the acoustic reflection imaging logging are neces-sary and critical. This paper developed a parallelized scheme of 3D finite difference (3DFD) with non-uniform staggered grid and PML absorbing boundary to simulate the acoustic wave fields in isotropic and anisotropic formations. Applications of this scheme to the typical cases of isotropic and anisot-ropic formations and comparison with the results from published analytical solutions have demon-strated the validation and efficiency of the scheme. Higher accuracy and lower computation cost (3.5 times faster than the conventional schemes) have been achieved with this scheme for modeling such a complex wave fields of 60 dB dynamic range with higher frequency (10 kHz). This simulating program provides a quantitative analytical means for studying acoustic reflection imaging tool and development of the data processing and interpretation methods.