Optimization of the Code of the Numerical Magnetosheath-Magnetosphere Model

Abstract

Abstract. The proposed three dimensional model contains two earlier developed 3D regional numerical models: a grid-characteristic model of the magnetosheath and a finite element model of the magnetosphere. The model output is the distribution of gas-dynamic parameters in the magnetosheath and of magnetic field inside the magnetosphere. The efforts are focused on the modernization of the existing software, written in Fortran, using several techniques for parallel programming such as OpenMP extensions. After analyzing the numerical performance of the model a possible scenario for the code optimization is shown. First results with the improved variant of the model are presented.