Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3523-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3523-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Development and technical paper
 | 
13 Aug 2019
Development and technical paper |  | 13 Aug 2019

A parallel workflow implementation for PEST version 13.6 in high-performance computing for WRF-Hydro version 5.0: a case study over the midwestern United States

Jiali Wang, Cheng Wang, Vishwas Rao, Andrew Orr, Eugene Yan, and Rao Kotamarthi

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3523-2019-supplement

Model code and software

A parallel workflow implementation for PEST version 13.6 in high-performance computing for WRF-Hydro version 5.0: a case study over the midwestern United States J. Wang, C. Wang, A. Orr, and R. Kotamarthi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3247116

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Short summary
WRF-Hydro needs to be calibrated to optimize its output with respect to observations. However, when applied to a relatively large domain, both WRF-Hydro simulations and calibrations require intensive computing resources and are best performed in parallel. This study ported an independent calibration tool (parameter estimation tool – PEST) to high-performance computing clusters and adapted it to work with WRF-Hydro. The results show significant speedup for model calibration.
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