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Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 1589-1596, 2012
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Coupling technologies for Earth System Modelling
1CERFACS, Sciences de l'Univers au CERFACS, URA1875, 42 Av. G. Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex 01, France
2Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
3National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
4NOAA/CIRES 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, USA
5College of Computing, Georgia Tech, 266 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, USA
6STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK
7Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
8Mathematical Sciences Institute, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
9School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Abstract. This paper presents a review of the software currently used in climate modelling in general and in CMIP5 in particular to couple the numerical codes representing the different components of the Earth System. The coupling technologies presented show common features, such as the ability to communicate and regrid data, and also offer different functions and implementations. Design characteristics of the different approaches are discussed as well as future challenges arising from the increasing complexity of scientific problems and computing platforms.
Citation: Valcke, S., Balaji, V., Craig, A., DeLuca, C., Dunlap, R., Ford, R. W., Jacob, R., Larson, J., O'Kuinghttons, R., Riley, G. D., and Vertenstein, M.: Coupling technologies for Earth System Modelling, Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 1589-1596, doi:10.5194/gmd-5-1589-2012, 2012.