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LARGE-EDDY simulation (LES) with the dynamic model1, 2 produces good results when used in conjunctionwith spectralmethod-based solvers. 3 The dynamic modeling procedure utilizes information from the small scales of the ow® eld, which are typicallynotcorruptedbynumericalerrorsinspectralsimulations. However, spectral methods are usually limited to simple geometries, and for complex con® gurations, conventional® nite difference methods are used. A® fth-order one-point upwind-biased scheme has been successfully used in well-resolved direct numerical simulations of turbulent ows, 4 and it was thought that the high resolving power and relatively low numerical dissipation of such a scheme would make them useful in LES of ows in complex geometries. To study the utility of these schemes for LES, Beaudan and Moin5 employed them in a series of simulations of ow past a circular cylinder at Re= 3.9£ …