Using compiler directives to port large scientific applications to GPUs: An example from atmospheric science

Parallel Processing Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lapillonne, Xavier ^a   Fuhrer, Oliver ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atmospheric modeling; compiler directives; GPU computing; OpenACC

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COMPILER DIRECTIVES; GPU COMPUTING; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPENACC; RADIATION PARAMETRIZATION; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 84897413690     PISSN: 01296264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129626414500030     Document Type: Article

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