Title :
Distributed supercomputing using ACTS
Author_Institution :
Gen. Sci. Corp., Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Distributed Computing, 1996., Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7582-9
DOI :
10.1109/HPDC.1996.546186
