Distributed supercomputing using ACTS

Author

Konchady, Manu

Author_Institution

Gen. Sci. Corp., Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

6-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

172

Lastpage

181

Abstract

One of NASA´s research and development satellite communications projects is the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) program. Applications utilizing high speed networks will be developed using satellite links. One such application is a distributed coupled global climate model. Climate models to study phenomena such as El Nino have been extremely useful in developing predictions and understanding global climate change. The high cost of running extended simulations necessary to substantiate theories can be reduced by using a network of supercomputers. A coupled ocean-atmosphere model has been implemented on a network of three Cray supercomputers.

Keywords

Cray computers; climatology; digital simulation; geophysics computing; oceanography; satellite communication; telecommunication computing; ACTS; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite; Cray supercomputers; El Nino; NASA; cost; distributed coupled global climate model; distributed supercomputing; global climate change; high speed networks; ocean-atmosphere model; research and development; satellite communications projects; satellite links; simulations; supercomputer network; Ambient intelligence; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric waves; Equations; Ocean temperature; Performance analysis; Postal services; Research and development; Satellites; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Distributed Computing, 1996., Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Syracuse, NY, USA

ISSN

1082-8907

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7582-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPDC.1996.546186

Filename

546186