Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5573-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5573-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Methods for assessment of models
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24 Jul 2024
Methods for assessment of models |  | 24 Jul 2024

Reduced floating-point precision in regional climate simulations: an ensemble-based statistical verification

Hugo Banderier, Christian Zeman, David Leutwyler, Stefan Rüdisühli, and Christoph Schär

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We investigate the effects of reduced-precision arithmetic in a state-of-the-art regional climate model by studying the results of 10-year-long simulations. After this time, the results of the reduced precision and the standard implementation are hardly different. This should encourage the use of reduced precision in climate models to exploit the speedup and memory savings it brings. The methodology used in this work can help researchers verify reduced-precision implementations of their model.
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