GICUDA: A parallel program for 3D correlation imaging of large scale gravity and gravity gradiometry data on graphics processing units with CUDA

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-128

  Chen, Zhaoxi ^a,b   Meng, Xiaohong ^a,b   Guo, Lianghui ^a,b   Liu, Guofeng ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

CUDA; GPU; Gravity; Gravity gradiometry; Speedup ratio

Indexed keywords

3D CORRELATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CUDA; DIFFERENT SIZES; EQUIVALENT MASS; GPU; GPU IMPLEMENTATION; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY; GRID NODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OBSERVED DATA; PARALLEL PROGRAM; POINT MASS; PRECISION EVALUATION; REGULAR GRIDS; SCALE GRAVITY; SEISMIC PROCESSING; SPEEDUP RATIO; SURVEY DATA; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRID COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRAVITATION;

CORRELATION; GRAVITY FIELD; IMAGING METHOD; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PRECISION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84863706210     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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