[FLASH-USERS] Meaning of ener variable

Klaus Weide klaus at flash.uchicago.edu
Tue Oct 13 16:42:01 EDT 2015


On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Zheng Yuan wrote:

> Dear FLASH users:
> 
> I developed a lossy data compression algorithm and evaluate the compression
> ratio of it using FLASH data. I want to know the meaning of 'ener' variable
> and describe it in my paper. Could anyone describe it in just one sentence or
> provide a link of FLASH variables description? Thanks.

Something like

 a discretized approximation of specific energy in a grid cell, computed 
as the quotient of total energy and total mass of the cell, where total 
energy includes thermal energy and macroscopic kinetic energy .


Klaus



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