GPU acceleration of the updated goddard shortwave radiation scheme in the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 555-562

  Mielikainen, Jarno ^a   Huang, Bormin ^a   Huang, Hung Lung Allen ^a   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA/NEDIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA); Graphics Processing Unit (GPU); radiative transfer model; Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model

Indexed keywords

C CODES; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DOUBLE PRECISION; DUAL USE; EARTH'S CLIMATE; FORTRAN CODES; GPU ACCELERATIONS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HORIZONTAL GRID; MESOSCALE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PROCESSING TIME; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIANCE; SINGLE PRECISION; SINGLE-THREADED; SOLAR RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESEARCH; SUN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; OZONE; PRECISION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESEARCH WORK; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84861742474     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2186119     Document Type: Article

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