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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-204
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-204
Submitted as: development and technical paper
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21 Sep 2016
Submitted as: development and technical paper |  | 21 Sep 2016
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Technical Note: Improving the computational efficiency of sparse matrix multiplication in linear atmospheric inverse problems

Vineet Yadav and Anna M. Michalak

Abstract. Matrix multiplication of two sparse matrices is a fundamental operation in linear Bayesian inverse problems for computing covariance matrices of observations and a posteriori uncertainties. Applications of sparse-sparse matrix multiplication algorithms for specific use-cases in such inverse problems remain unexplored. Here we present a hybrid-parallel sparse-sparse matrix multiplication approach that is more efficient by a third in terms of execution time and operation count relative to standard sparse matrix multiplication algorithms available in most libraries. Two modifications of this hybrid-parallel algorithm are also proposed for the types of operations typical of atmospheric inverse problems, which further reduce the cost of sparse matrix multiplication by yielding only upper triangular and/or dense matrices.

Vineet Yadav and Anna M. Michalak
 
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Vineet Yadav and Anna M. Michalak
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Multiplication of two matrices that consists of few non-zero entries is a fundamental operation in problems that involve estimation of greenhouse gas fluxes from atmospheric measurements. To increase computational efficiency of estimating these quantities, modification of the standard matrix multiplication algorithm for multiplying these matrices is proposed in this research.