Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits
Cloud computing is a mature technology that has already shown benefits for a wide range of academic research domains that, in turn, utilize a wide range of application design models. In this paper, we discuss the use of cloud computing as a tool to improve the range of resources available for climat...
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| author | Diego Montes Juan A. Añel David C. H. Wallom Peter Uhe Pablo V. Caderno Tomás F. Pena |
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| description | Cloud computing is a mature technology that has already shown benefits for a wide range of academic research domains that, in turn, utilize a wide range of application design models. In this paper, we discuss the use of cloud computing as a tool to improve the range of resources available for climate science, presenting the evaluation of two different climate models. Each was customized in a different way to run in public cloud computing environments (hereafter cloud computing) provided by three different public vendors: Amazon, Google and Microsoft. The adaptations and procedures necessary to run the models in these environments are described. The computational performance and cost of each model within this new type of environment are discussed, and an assessment is given in qualitative terms. Finally, we discuss how cloud computing can be used for geoscientific modelling, including issues related to the allocation of resources by funding bodies. We also discuss problems related to computing security, reliability and scientific reproducibility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a750160573b453b8100e2c0c3d270062023-11-20T04:38:46ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2020-06-01925210.3390/computers9020052Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and BenefitsDiego Montes 0Juan A. Añel 1David C. H. Wallom 2Peter Uhe 3Pablo V. Caderno4Tomás F. Pena5ESEI, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, SpainEPhysLab & CIM-UVigo, Campus As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, SpainOxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QG, UKSchool of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UKWargaming, Sydney, NSW 2007, AustraliaCITIUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, SpainCloud computing is a mature technology that has already shown benefits for a wide range of academic research domains that, in turn, utilize a wide range of application design models. In this paper, we discuss the use of cloud computing as a tool to improve the range of resources available for climate science, presenting the evaluation of two different climate models. Each was customized in a different way to run in public cloud computing environments (hereafter cloud computing) provided by three different public vendors: Amazon, Google and Microsoft. The adaptations and procedures necessary to run the models in these environments are described. The computational performance and cost of each model within this new type of environment are discussed, and an assessment is given in qualitative terms. Finally, we discuss how cloud computing can be used for geoscientific modelling, including issues related to the allocation of resources by funding bodies. We also discuss problems related to computing security, reliability and scientific reproducibility.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/52climate modelcloud computingsupercomputer |
| spellingShingle | Diego Montes Juan A. Añel David C. H. Wallom Peter Uhe Pablo V. Caderno Tomás F. Pena Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits Computers climate model cloud computing supercomputer |
| title | Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits |
| title_full | Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits |
| title_fullStr | Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits |
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| title_short | Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits |
| title_sort | cloud computing for climate modelling evaluation challenges and benefits |
| topic | climate model cloud computing supercomputer |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/52 |
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