Evaluating the performance and energy efficiency of the COSMO-ART model system

Computer Science - Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-186

  Charles, Joseph ^a   Sawyer, William ^a   Dolz, Manuel F ^b   Catalán, Sandra ^c  

^a Centro Svizzero Di Calcolo Scientifico   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosol modeling; Atmospheric chemistry; Benchmark analysis; COSMO ART coupled model; Energy aware computing; Energy saving techniques; High performance computing; Numerical weather prediction; Power performance profiling and tracing tools

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARTS COMPUTING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOONS; BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; POWER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL MODELING; BENCHMARK ANALYSIS; COUPLED MODELING; ENERGY-AWARE COMPUTING; ENERGY-SAVING TECHNIQUES; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; POWER PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84940214725     PISSN: 18652034     EISSN: 18652042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-014-0267-7     Document Type: Article

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