Peter Messmer
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, USA
email: messmer@txcorp.com
High-performance computing facilities enable simulations of physical phenomena with ever increasing fidelity and accuracy. The range of resolved scales in a single simulation, as well as the number of physical processes included, yield results that can be directly compared with observational data.
However, these simulations face complexity on various levels. The codes have to be carefully designed in order to make use of the sophisticated hardware. Combining legacy codes into multi-physics models requires the choice of appropriate data structures to avoid excessive data transformation. And finally, sophisticated tools are needed for the analysis, reduction and management of the large data sets generated by these codes.
Our primary goal is to present state-of-the-art examples of large-scale earth and space science simulations. Scientific success resulting from such simulations, as well as present limitations, are both of interest. In addition to providing an overview of high-performance computing in earth and space science, this mini-symposium is expected to identify key areas where new efforts will be required to further advance the fields.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: