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Parallelizing a very high resolution climate model using clusters of workstations with PVM and performance and load balance analyses
Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications: PDPTA '98
  • Hao Wang, Iowa State University
  • Gurpur M. Prabhu, Iowa State University
  • Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Conference Title
International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA '98)
Conference Date
July 13-16, 1998
Geolocation
(36.1699412, -115.13982959999998)
Abstract

Environment and climate change problems are very complicated, and their research and operational prediction heavily depend on powerful computer techniques. Even with today most powerful supercomputer, the climate and environmental models are still limited to very coarse resolution. In this paper, we report our recent effort in parallelizing our very-high-resolution numerical model systems. First, the mathematical equations, algorithms, and numerical schemes are designed and analyzed; then domain decomposition, data decomposition, and functional decomposition schemes are tested in our implementations on clusters of HP workstations and/or DEC Alpha stations with PVM; finally, the performance and load balance are analyzed. Shelterbelts cause significantly inhomogeneous computation distribution on the domain, therefore, common and easiest domain decomposition does not work well on our problem. Special care must be taken to treat computations around shelterbelts. With carefull design of algorithms, we found that cheap and still powerful workstations or PCs make it possible to run these models in clusters of workstations or PCs.

Comments

This proceeding was published as Wang, H., G. Prabhu, and E. S. Takle, 1998: "Parallelizing a very high resolution climate model using clusters of workstations with PVM and performance and load balance analyses." Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, CSREA Press. pp. 1762-1765. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
CSREA Press
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Hao Wang, Gurpur M. Prabhu and Eugene S. Takle. "Parallelizing a very high resolution climate model using clusters of workstations with PVM and performance and load balance analyses" Las Vegas, NVProceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications: PDPTA '98 (1998) p. 1762 - 1765
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eugene-takle/100/