Earth System Modelling - Volume 2
Algorithms, Code Infrastructure and Optimisation
1st Edition
Published on 8. October 2011
XI, 96 pages
978-3-642-23831-4 (ISBN)
Description
Collected articles in this series are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic covered in this volume addresses the historical development, state of the art and future perspectives of the mathematical techniques employed for numerical approximation of the equations describing atmospheric and oceanic motion. Furthermore, it describes the main computer science and software engineering strategies employed to turn these mathematical methods into effective tools for understanding earth's climate and forecasting its evolution. These methods and the resulting computer algorithms lie at the core of earth system models and are essential for their effectiveness and predictive skill.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"This book surveys various computing techniques used in such applications, and explains the modeling and programming techniques. . A background in differential and integral calculus, general programming, and meshes is required to understand the book. Beginning ESM researchers will get the most from the survey, as well as the many references. The book could be useful as a supplementary text in ESM courses." (Maulik A. Dave, ACM Computing Reviews, July, 2012)
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XI, 96 p. 20 illus.
File size
2,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-642-23831-4 (9783642238314)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-23831-4
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Luca Bonaventura | René Redler | Reinhard Budich
Earth System Modelling - Volume 2
Algorithms, Code Infrastructure and Optimisation
Book
10/2011
Springer
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Persons
Luca Bonaventura, MOX-Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy email: Luca.Bonaventura@polimi.it
Content
- Intro
- Earth System Modelling - Volume 2
- Preface
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Overview
- 2 Numerical Algorithms for ESM: State of the Art
- 2.1 Space Discretization: Finite Difference and Finite Volume Methods
- 2.2 Space Discretization: Spectral Transform Methods
- 2.3 Time Discretizations
- 2.4 Numerical Algorithms for Parameterized Physical Processes
- References
- 3 Numerical Algorithms for ESM: Future Perspectives for Atmospheric Modelling
- References
- 4 Numerical Algorithms for ESM: Future Perspectives for Ocean Modelling
- 4.1 Finite Element and Finite-Volume Methods
- 4.2 An Incomplete Overview
- 4.3 Challenges of Unstructured Grids
- 4.4 Conclusions
- References
- 5 Efficiency for Adaptive Triangular Meshes: Key Issues of Future Approaches
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.1.1 Quadrilateral vs. Triangular Meshes
- 5.1.2 Applications Suitable for Adaptive Meshing
- 5.1.3 Key Challenges for Adaptive Triangular Meshes and Solvers
- 5.2 Triangular Mesh Generation
- 5.2.1 Delaunay Triangulations
- 5.2.2 Hierarchical Triangulations
- 5.2.3 Data Structures
- 5.3 Adaptive Mesh Control
- 5.3.1 Error Estimation Concepts
- 5.3.2 Refinement Strategies
- 5.4 Optimisation of Hierarchical Triangular Mesh Computations
- 5.4.1 Linearization with Space-Filling Curves
- 5.5 Example of an Adaptive Mesh Refinement Computation
- References
- 6 Code Design and Quality Control
- 6.1 Design for Sustainability
- 6.2 Software Coding Standards
- 6.3 Version Control
- 6.4 Other Tools to Support Coding
- 6.5 Code Reviews
- 6.6 Verification and Validation for ESM
- 6.7 Model Intercomparisons
- 6.8 Assessments of Model Quality
- References
- 7 Code Optimisation
- 7.1 Application Portability
- 7.2 Profiling
- 7.3 Compiler Optimisation
- 7.4 Optimisations for Vector, Scalar and Cache-Based Architectures
- 7.4.1 Use Stride 1
- 7.4.2 Avoid Stores
- 7.4.3 Remove Divides
- 7.4.4 Remove IFs
- 7.4.5 Optimisations for Cache
- References
- 8 Code Parallelisation On Massively Parallel Machines
- 8.1 Introduction to Parallel Computing
- 8.2 A General Communication and Synchronization Model for Parallel systems
- 8.3 Parallel Programming Models
- 8.4 Simplifying the Expression of Parallelism
- References
- 9 Future Perspectives
- References
- Glossary
- Index
