Multiscale Methods for Accurate, Efficient, and Scale-Aware Models of the Earth System
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
The major goal of this project was to contribute improvements to the infrastructure of an Earth System Model in order to support research in the Multiscale Methods for Accurate, Efficient, and Scale-Aware models of the Earth System project. In support of this, the NCAR team accomplished two main tasks: improving input/output performance of the model and improving atmospheric model simulation quality. Improvement of the performance and scalability of data input and diagnostic output within the model required a new infrastructure which can efficiently handle the unstructured grids common in multiscale simulations. This allows for a more computationally efficient model, enabling more years of Earth System simulation. The quality of the model simulations was improved by reducing grid-point noise in the spectral element version of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM-SE). This was achieved by running the physics of the model using grid-cell data on a finite-volume grid.
- Research Organization:
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0008319
- OSTI ID:
- 1379212
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-NCAR-0008319
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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