Large Scale Computations in Air Pollution Modelling (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 2:) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792356772 ISBN 13: 9780792356776

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

The protection of the environment is one of the most important problems facing us today. Reliable and robust strategies for keeping pollution caused by harmful chemicals under safe levels have to be developed and used routinely. Large mathematical models, incorporating all important physical and chemical processes, can solve this task, but the computational burden is huge. The papers presented here describe some of the difficult problems that have to be solved during the development of large scale air pollution models, and different ways to solve them. The work involves combined research by specialists in the fields of environmental modelling, numerical analysis and scientific computing. Further, if models are to run in real time (which may be vital in the case of accidental hazardous releases), then new and efficient methods that harness the potential power of parallel supercomputers must be developed, so that actual computing speed starts to approach the maximum available performance.
The articles are understandable by specialists in the field of air pollution modelling, as well as specialists in the many other related areas.

About this title

About the Author

Dongarra is Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, and Distinguished Scientist, Methematical Sciences Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Review

`... this book is a valuable addition to the issues and problems associated with large-scale computations in air pollution modelling. It is highly accessible in terms of how it is written, i.e. it is easy to read and should be a first choice as a starting point for reference material.'
World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, 49:3 (2000)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0792356772
• ISBN 13: 9780792356776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Zlatev Zahari, Brandt Jørgen, Builtjes Peter J.H., Carmichael Gregory, Dimov Ivan, Dongarra Jack, Van Dop H., Georgiev Krassimir, Hass Heinz, San José Roberto