Computational geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics at the petascale

千万亿次计算的兴起为新的洞察力提供了巨大的潜力，前提是人们可以利用这些资源。本项目将开发一个最先进的计算框架，用于解决与天体物理学和地球科学中许多当代应用有关的一般偏微分方程。该项目将设计一个工具包，供广大科学家和应用数学家社区最大限度地扩展。建立一个高度灵活的框架允许敏捷设计和并排比较新的数学模型和计算算法。该项目将在一些关键科学领域采用新的框架，例如太阳磁动力学，恒星和行星内部的潮汐相互作用。

The rise of petascale computing provides great potential for new insight, provided one can harness the resources. This project will develop a state-of-the-art computational framework for solving general partial differential equations relevant to many contemporary applications in astrophysics and the geosciences. This project will design a toolkit for maximum extensibility by a large community of scientists and applied mathematicians. Building a highly flexible framework allows the agile design and side-by-side comparison of new mathematical models and computational algorithms. This project will employ the new framework on a number of key science areas such as the dynamics of solar magnetism, and tidal interactions in stars and planetary interiors.