Early experiences with the 360tf IBM Blue Gene/L platform

International Journal of Computational Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-253

  Bhanot, G ^c   Dennis, J M ^a   Edwards, J ^a,c   Grabowski, W ^a   Gupta, M ^c   Jordan, K ^d   Loft, R D ^a   Sexton, J ^c   St Cyr, A ^a   Thomas, S J ^a   Tufo, H M ^a,b   Voran, T ^b   Walkup, R ^c   Wyszogrodski, A A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; High order methods; Parallel computing; Scalable algorithms

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; STANDARDS;

AQUA PLANET; BLUE GENE/L; BLUE GENE/L SYSTEM; CO PROCESSORS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL (CAM); COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL (CCSM); CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; HIGH-ORDER METHODS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MOIST PROCESSES; PRECONDITIONED CONJUGATE GRADIENT (PCG); PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RUNNING IN; SEMI IMPLICIT; STANDARD TESTING; SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE; TEST PROBLEMS; TIME STEPPING; VIRTUAL NODES;

TESTING;

EID: 47149102402     PISSN: 02198762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219876208001443     Document Type: Article

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