Articles | Volume 17, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6529-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6529-2024
Development and technical paper
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02 Sep 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 02 Sep 2024

Refactoring the elastic–viscous–plastic solver from the sea ice model CICE v6.5.1 for improved performance

Till Andreas Soya Rasmussen, Jacob Poulsen, Mads Hvid Ribergaard, Ruchira Sasanka, Anthony P. Craig, Elizabeth C. Hunke, and Stefan Rethmeier

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Earth system models (ESMs) today strive for better quality based on improved resolutions and improved physics. A limiting factor is the supercomputers at hand and how best to utilize them. This study focuses on the refactorization of one part of a sea ice model (CICE), namely the dynamics. It shows that the performance can be significantly improved, which means that one can either run the same simulations much cheaper or advance the system according to what is needed.
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