High-speed network and Grid computing for high-end computation: Application in geodynamics ensemble simulations

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 573-582

  Zhou, S ^a,b   Kuang, W ^b   Jiang, W ^c   Gary, P ^b   Palencia, J ^d   Gardner, G ^b,e  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Framework; Geodynamo; Grid computing; High speed network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETISM; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FRAMEWORK; HIGH-SPEED NETWORK;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 33947728287     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: 15320634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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