Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

Numerical weather prediction on the one hand needs a very large number of floating point calculations, but on the other hand is very time-critical. Therefore, the largest computers available, i.e., the "supercomputers," have usually been acquired by the national meteorological services long before they were used in other fields of research or business. Since the available technology limits the speed of any single computer, parallel computations have become necessary to achieve further improvements in the number of results produced per time unit. This book collects the papers presented at two workshops held at ECMWF on the topic of parallel processing in meteorological models. It provides an insight into the state-of-the-art in using parallel processors operationally and allows extrapolation to other time-critical applications. It also shows trends in migrating to massive parallel systems in the near future.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1988
Editors:	Geerd R. Hoffmann • David F. Snelling
Dimensions:	242 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	438
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-83250-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-83250-4
Barcode:	9783642832505

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