Benefits and requirements of grid computing for climate applications. An example with the community atmospheric model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1057-1069

  Fernandez Quiruelas V ^a   Fernandez J ^a   Cofino A S ^a   Fita, L ^a   Gutierrez J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community Atmospheric Model (CAM); El Ni o; Grid computing; Sensitivity analysis; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

CHECK POINTING; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRID INFRASTRUCTURES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; IN-FIELD; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LOCAL CLUSTER; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SST PERTURBATIONS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT;

CAMS; GRID COMPUTING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLEWARE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955887892     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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