Parallel weather modeling with the advanced regional prediction system

Parallel Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2243-2256

  Sathye, A ^a   Xue, M ^b   Bassett, G ^b   Droegemeier, K ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Parallel computing; Regional weather modeling; Severe storms; Software portability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEMS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031375914     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8191(97)80002-6     Document Type: Article

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