Title :
Configuration Management for Large-Scale Scientific Computing at the UK Met Office
Author :
Matthews, David ; Wilson, Greg ; Easterbrook, Steve
Abstract :
The UK Met Office´s flexible configuration management (FCM) system uses existing open source tools, adapted for use with high-performance scientific Fortran code, to help manage evolving code in its large-scale climate simulation and weather forecasting models. FCM has simplified the development process, improved team coordination, and reduced release cycles.
Keywords :
FORTRAN; climatology; configuration management; digital simulation; geophysics computing; public domain software; software tools; weather forecasting; FORTRAN code; UK Met Office; flexible configuration management system; large-scale climate simulation; large-scale scientific computing; open source tool; weather forecasting; Computational modeling; Large-scale systems; Predictive models; Productivity; Programming profession; Scientific computing; Software debugging; Software engineering; Software tools; Weather forecasting; climate modeling; configuration management; software development tools;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2008.144
