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High-Efficiency High-Resolution Global Model Developments at the NASA Goddard Data Assimilation OfficeThe Data Assimilation Office (DAO) has been developing a new generation of ultra-high resolution General Circulation Model (GCM) that is suitable for 4-D data assimilation, numerical weather predictions, and climate simulations. These three applications have conflicting requirements. For 4-D data assimilation and weather predictions, it is highly desirable to run the model at the highest possible spatial resolution (e.g., 55 km or finer) so as to be able to resolve and predict socially and economically important weather phenomena such as tropical cyclones, hurricanes, and severe winter storms. For climate change applications, the model simulations need to be carried out for decades, if not centuries. To reduce uncertainty in climate change assessments, the next generation model would also need to be run at a fine enough spatial resolution that can at least marginally simulate the effects of intense tropical cyclones. Scientific problems (e.g., parameterization of subgrid scale moist processes) aside, all three areas of application require the model's computational performance to be dramatically improved as compared to the previous generation. In this talk, I will present the current and future developments of the "finite-volume dynamical core" at the Data Assimilation Office. This dynamical core applies modem monotonicity preserving algorithms and is genuinely conservative by construction, not by an ad hoc fixer. The "discretization" of the conservation laws is purely local, which is clearly advantageous for resolving sharp gradient flow features. In addition, the local nature of the finite-volume discretization also has a significant advantage on distributed memory parallel computers. Together with a unique vertically Lagrangian control volume discretization that essentially reduces the dimension of the computational problem from three to two, the finite-volume dynamical core is very efficient, particularly at high resolutions. I will also present the computational design of the dynamical core using a hybrid distributed-shared memory programming paradigm that is portable to virtually any of today's high-end parallel super-computing clusters.
Document ID
20020060755
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lin, Shian-Jiann
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Atlas, Robert
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Meeting Information
Meeting: GRIPS Workshop
Location: Tsukuba
Country: Japan
Start Date: March 12, 2002
End Date: March 15, 2002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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