Accelerating finite differences for solving a barotropic ocean model on the GPU

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Bisseling, Prof. dr. R.H.
dc.contributor.author	Bleichrodt, F.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-27T17:00:55Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-27
dc.date.available	2012-03-27T17:00:55Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/10231
dc.description.abstract	The two-dimensional barotropic vorticity equation is one of basic equations of ocean dynamics. It is important to have efficient numerical solution techniques to solve this equation. In this paper, we present an implementation of a numerical solution of this equation using a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The speed-up of the calculation on the GPU with respect to that on a CPU depends on the grid size but reaches a factor 50 for the highest resolution cases ($4800 \times 4800$) tested. It may therefore be efficient to use GPU's in future high-resolution ocean modeling studies.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Accelerating finite differences for solving a barotropic ocean model on the GPU
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.courseuu	Scientific Computing