Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1855-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1855-2022
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07 Mar 2022
Model description paper |  | 07 Mar 2022

Fast infrared radiative transfer calculations using graphics processing units: JURASSIC-GPU v2.0

Paul F. Baumeister and Lars Hoffmann

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The efficiency of the numerical simulation of radiative transport is shown on modern server-class graphics cards (GPUs). The low-cost prefactor on GPUs compared to general-purpose processors (CPUs) enables future large retrieval campaigns for multi-channel data from infrared sounders aboard low-orbit satellites. The validated research software JURASSIC is available in the public domain.
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