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Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Geerd-R. Hoffmann

    1. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading Berkshire, UK

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  2. David F. Snelling

    1. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading Berkshire, UK

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Part of the book series: Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TATM)

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction: The Case for Multi-Processing in Meteorological Applications

    1. Introduction: The Case for Multi-Processing in Meteorological Applications

      • Geerd-R. Hoffmann
      Pages 1-4

  3. 3.–6. December 1984

    1. State of the Art of Multi-Processors

      • Oliver A. McBryan
      Pages 5-40

    2. Programming Languages for Multiprocessor Systems

      • R. H. Perrot
      Pages 41-52

    3. Practical Concerns in Multitasking on the Cray X-MP

      • John L. Larson
      Pages 53-65

    4. (r∞, n1/2 s1/2) Measurements on the 2-CPU Cray X-MP

      • Roger W. Hockney
      Pages 67-87

    5. MIMD Processing and the Denelcor HEP

      • David F. Snelling, Burton J. Smith
      Pages 89-95

    6. Using an IBM Multiprocessor System

      • A. L. Lim, D. B. Soll
      Pages 97-107

    7. Computer Requirements for Atmospheric Modelling

      • Lennart Bengtsson
      Pages 109-116

    8. The Current State of Meteorological Modelling

      • D. M. Burridge
      Pages 117-123

    9. Aspects of Using Multiprocessors for Meteorological Modelling

      • G.-R. Hoffmann, P. N. Swarztrauber, R. A. Sweet
      Pages 125-196

    10. Atmospheric Modelling on a SIMD Computer

      • M. J. Suarez
      Pages 197-201

    11. The Multitasking Spectral Model at ECMWF

      • David Dent
      Pages 203-213

    12. UK Meteorological Office’s Plans for Using Multiprocessor Systems

      • P. W. White, R. L. Wiley
      Pages 215-224

    13. Canadian Meteorological Services’ Plans for Using Multi-Processor Systems

      • Andrew Staniforth
      Pages 225-232

    14. Multiprocessors: Requirements and Consequences Summary of the Discussion

      • Pam Prior
      Pages 233-235

  4. 8.–11. December 1986

    1. Tools for Assessing Multiprocessing

      • David F. Snelling
      Pages 237-253

    2. Dataflow Architectures and Implicit Parallel Programming

      • John Gurd
      Pages 255-282

    3. Transposing Large Arrays in Extended Memory

      • Paul N. Swarztrauber
      Pages 283-287

    4. An Approach to Automatic Parallel Processing

      • Bruce Leasure
      Pages 289-306
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading Berkshire, UK

    Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models

  • Editors: Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling

  • Series Title: Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83248-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-83250-5Published: 22 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83248-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-9314

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 438

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, general

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