Documentation of the PMIP models (Bonfils et al. 1998)


Table 4 : Computational information.

The table lists the computer, and operating system utilized; the computational performance (in minutes of computing time per simulated day); and the history storage interval.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acronym 
Computer
Environment
Performance
Storage
bmrc
CrayY/MP
UNICOS
3 minutes/day
6 hours
ccc2.0
NEC SX3+CRAYJ916
UNICOS
6 minutes/day
12 hours
ccm1
CrayY/MP
UNICOS
1.2 minutes/day
12 hours
ccm3
CrayY/MP
UNICOS
7 minutes/day
6 hours
ccsr1
HITACS-3800
VOS3
0.3 minute/day
24 hours
climber2
IBM SP2 / AIX
-
0.001 minute/day
24 hours
cnrm-2
Cray J916
UNICOS
5 minutes/day
6 hours
csiro
CrayY/MP
UNICOS
0.6 minute/day
6 hours
echam3
CrayC90
UNICOS
2 minutes/day
12 hours
gen1
Cray
UNICOS
4 minutes/day
0.5 hours
gen2
CrayY/MP+CRAYJ90
UNICOS
4 minutes/day
0.5 hours
gfdl
CrayC90
UNICOS
1 minutes/day
24 hours
giss-iip
SGI 2000
IRIX 6.4
3 minutes/day
-
lln_nh_1
HP-Exemplar
SPP/UX - 1 proc.
20 second/year
-
lmcelmd4
CrayC94
UNICOS
0.25 minute/day
24 hours
lmcelmd5
CrayC94
UNICOS
0.5 minute/day
24 hours
mri2
HITACS-3800
VOS3
1.2 minutes/day
6 hours
msu
PC-486
-
0.1 minute/day
without sampling procedure
ugamp
CrayY/MP8
UNICOS
8 minutes/day
18 hours
uiuc11
CrayY/MP+CRAYC90
UNICOS
2.1minutres/day
6 hours
ukmo
CrayC90
UNICOS
2 minutes/day
6 hours
yonu
CrayC90
UNICOS
1.5 minutes/day
6 hours

 

Last update November 9, 1998. For further information, contact: Céline Bonfils (pmipweb@lsce.ipsl.fr )