CAM-SE: A scalable spectral element dynamical core for the Community Atmosphere Model

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-89

  Dennis, John M ^a   Edwards, Jim ^a   Evans, Katherine J ^b   Guba, Oksana ^c   Lauritzen, Peter H ^a   Mirin, Arthur A ^d   St Cyr, Amik ^a,e   Taylor, Mark A ^c   Worley, Patrick H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric modeling; dynamical core; global circulation model; parallel scalability; spectral elements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DYNAMICAL CORE; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARALLEL SCALABILITY; SPECTRAL ELEMENT;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CAMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SCALABILITY; SPHERES;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857776523     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342011428142     Document Type: Article

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