Conclusions
¥LANS-a produces turbulence statistics that resemble doubled-resolution simulations without LANS-a in:
§Kinetic energy
§Eddy kinetic energy
§Temperature distributions associate with baroclinic instability
¥LANS-a increases computation time by 30%, as opposed to a factor of 8-10 to double the resolution.
¥Current work: simulations using LANS-alpha in realistic domains, such as the North Atlantic domain.