Title :
Applying local discretization methods in the NASA finite-volume general circulation model
Author :
Yeh, Kao-San ; Lin, Shian-jiann ; Rood, Richard B.
Abstract :
The general circulation model, developed at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for climate simulations and other meteorological applications, emphasizes the conservative and monotonic transport and achieves sufficient accuracy for the global consistency of climate processes.
Keywords :
climatology; digital simulation; geophysics computing; meteorology; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; climate simulations; conservative transport; general circulation model; global consistency; local discretization methods; meteorology; monotonic transport; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Grid computing; NASA; Partial differential equations; Piecewise linear approximation; Predictive models;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCISE.2002.1032429
