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Parallel runs of a large air pollution model on a grid of Sun computers

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  • Alexandrov, V.N.
  • Owczarz, W.
  • Thomson, P.G.
  • Zlatev, Z.

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Large-scale air pollution models can successfully be used in different environmental studies. These models are described mathematically by systems of partial differential equations. Splitting procedures followed by discretization of the spatial derivatives lead to several large systems of ordinary differential equations of order up to 80 millions. These systems have to be handled numerically at up to 250,000 time-steps. Furthermore, many scenarios are often to be run in order to study the dependence of the model results on the variation of some key parameters (as, for example, the emissions). Such huge computational tasks can successfully be treated only if: (i) fast and sufficiently accurate numerical methods are used and (ii) the models can efficiently be run on parallel computers.

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  • Alexandrov, V.N. & Owczarz, W. & Thomson, P.G. & Zlatev, Z., 2004. "Parallel runs of a large air pollution model on a grid of Sun computers," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 65(6), pages 557-577.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matcom:v:65:y:2004:i:6:p:557-577
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2004.01.022
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    1. Zlatev, Zahari & Moseholm, Lars, 2008. "Impact of climate changes on pollution levels in Denmark," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 217(3), pages 305-319.

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