Annual Report of the Earth Simulator Center April 2003 - March 2004

Annual Report of the Earth Simulator 2004

Message from the Director

Outline of the Earth Simulator Project

Earth Simulator Research Projects

Chapter 1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Simulation

Chapter 2 Solid Earth Simulation

Chapter 3 Computer Science

Chapter 4 Epoch-Making Simulation

Chapter 5 Collaboration Project

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Message from the Director
Tetsuya Sato
Director-General of the Earth Simulator Center

Outline of the Earth Simulator Project

1.	Mission and Basic Principles of the Earth Simulator
2.	Managing System for the Earth Simulator Project
3.	Earth Simulator Research Project
4.	International Collaboration Projects
5.	Domestic Collaboration Projects
6.	System Configuration of the Earth Simulator
7.	Visualization
8.	History and Event Calendar

Earth Simulator Research Projects

Chapter1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Simulation

TOP

Global Warming Simulation due to the High Resolution Climate Model by Using the Earth Simulator

Akimasa Sumi Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Koki Maruyama Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo
Development of an Integrated Earth System Model for Prediction of Environmental Changes

Taroh Matsuno Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Development of Super High Resolution Global and Regional Climate Models

Akira Noda Meteorological Research Institute
Research Development of 4-Dimensional Data Assimilation System Using a Coupled Climate Model and Construction of Reanalysis Datasets for Initialization

Toshiyuki Awaji Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology/
Department of Geophysics, Kyoto University
Atmospheric Composition Change and Its Climate Impact Studied by Global and Regional Chemical Transport Models

Hajime Akimoto Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
High-Resolution Simulation Studies on the Mechanisms and Predictability of Various Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena

Wataru Ohfuchi Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Development of Holistic Climate Simulation Codes for a non-Hydrostatic Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Systems

Keiko Takahashi Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Energy Cascade Processes in Stratified Turbulence

Toshiyuki Hibiya Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Refinement of prediction system of global water cycle

Hiromasa Ueda Kyoto Universit
Process Studies and Seasonal Prediction Experiment Using Coupled General Circulation Model

Toshio Yamagata Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
High Resolution Modeling of Multi-scale Cloud and Precipitation Systems Using a Cloud-Resolving Model

Kazuhisa Tsuboki Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University
Development of Numerical Simulation Model of Urban Heat Island

Yasunobu Ashie Building Research Institute
Development of a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Land General Circulation Model (GCM) at the Frontier Research Center for Global Change

Tatsushi Tokioka Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Chapter2 Solid Earth Simulation

TOP

Global Elastic Response Simulation

Seiji Tsuboi Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Geodynamo Simulations and Electromagnetic Induction Studies

Yozo Hamano Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology/Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Numerical Simulation of the Mantle Convection

Yoshio Fukao Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Development of a Predictive Simulation System for Crustal Activities in and around Japan - II

Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo<
Numerical Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation and Strong Motions in 3D Heterogeneous Structure

Takashi Furumura Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Simulation of Earthquake Generation Process in a Complex System of Faults

Kazuro Hirahar Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Development of Solid Earth Simulation Platform

Kengo Nakajima Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Computer Simulations of Geodynamo and Mantle Convection

Akira Kageyama Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Numerical Simulation of Physical Properties of Earth's Materials

Mitsuhiro Toriumi Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology/ Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Chapter3 Computer Science

TOP

Computer Simulations of Geodynamo and Mantle Convection

Yasuo Okabe Kyoto University
Development of Micro-Macro Interaction Simulation Algorithm

Kunihiko Watanabe Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Chapter 4 Epoch-Making Simulation

TOP

Numerical Simulation of Rocket Engine Internal Flows

Masao Furukawa Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Large Scale Simulations for Carbon Nanotubes

Kazuo Minami Research Organization for Information Science &Technology
Development of the Next-generation Computational Solid Mechanics Simulator for a Virtual Demonstration Test

Ryuji Shioya Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Lattice QCD with Dynamical up, down and Strange Quarks with the Earth Simulator

Akira Ukawa Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Large-scale Simulation for a Terahertz Resonance Superconductors Device

Masashi Tachiki National Institute for Materials Science
Geospace Environment Simulator

Yoshiharu Omura Kyoto University
Development of Transferable Materials Information and Knowledge Base for Computational Materials Science

Shuhei Ohnishi CAMP (Collaborative Activities for Materials Science Programs) Group
Particle Modeling for Complex Multi-Phase System with Internal Structures using DEM

Hide Sakaguchi Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Cosmic Structure Formation and Dynamics: Large Scale Numerical Simulations of Solar Activities and Galaxy Formation

Ryoji Matsumoto Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
Direct Numerical Simulations of Fundamental Turbulent Flows with the Largest Grid Numbers in the World and its Application of Modeling for Engineering Turbulent Flows

Chuichi Arakawa Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Activity Report on Bio Molecular Simulation Consortium in 2004

Toshikazu Takada Forum on the Bio-Simulation (Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories NEC Corporation)
a. "All-electron Calculation on Very Large-Sized Proteins by Density Functional Method"

Fumitoshi Sato Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
b. Large Scale Simulations of Proteins on the Earth Simulator: Acceleration Performance

Minoru Saito Hirosaki University
c. Protein Folding Simulations from the First Principles

Yuko Okamoto Institute for Molecular Science
d. The Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Prion Protein: Investigation of the Transition from its Cellular Form to the Anomalous Form using the Earth Simulator

Yutaka Akiyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
e. Development of Molecular Dynamics Simulation System for Large-Scale Supra-Biomolecules, PABIOS (PArallel BIOmolecular Simulator)

Hisashi Ishida Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Consortium for Large Scale Simulations in the Atomic Energy Research Field (Research Committee on Large Scale Numerical Simulations, Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Hiroshi Okuda (The University of Tokyo)
a. A Large-Scale Simulation on Water-Vapor Two-Phase Flow Dynamics in Fuel Bundles of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Kazuyuki Takase Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
b. First Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Solution

Masaru Hirata Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
c. Research on Structure Formation of Plasmas Dominated by Multiple Hierarchical Dynamics

Yasuaki Kishimoto Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute/Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
d. Development of Fluid-Structure Interaction Program for the Mercury Target

Chuichi Arakawa Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
e. Non-equilibrium Superconducting Dynamics after Neutron Capture in MgB₂ and Novel Superconductivity Confined inside Nano-scale Domains

Masahiko Machida Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
f. First-principles Calculation on the Core Structure of a Screw Dislocation in BCC Molybdenum

Hideo Kaburaki Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
g. Development of Fundamental Technology of Large-Scale Simulation for HLW Repository Design

Hiroshi Okuda The University of Tokyo
h. First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation of SiC Devices: "Generation of Amorphous SiO₂/SiC Interface"

Atsumi Miyashita Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
i. Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows in a Subchannel of Tight Lattice Fuel Pin Bundles of Nuclear Reactors

Hisashi Ninokata Tokyo Institute of Technology

Chapter5 Collaboration Projects

International Collaboration Projects

TOP

Earth System Modelling on the Earth Simulator using the NUGEM Model

    Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Meteorological Office, U.K.
    NCAS Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, University of Reading, U.K.
    Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Large Atmospheric Computation on the Earth Simulator: Production phase of the LACES project

Recherche en Prevision Numerique, Meteorological Service of Canada
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

50-year Regional Downscaling of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis over the Contiguous United States Using the Regional Spectral Model

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Leading Computational Methods on the Earth Simulator and IBM Power3

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Visualization of Large Scale Simulation Data

Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Center for Computational Visualization, University of Texas at Austin

Collaborative Analysis of Large-Scale Simulation Data on Solid Earth Sciences

Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota

The Vertical Pump Organized by the Mesoscale Oceanic Eddies

Laboratoire de physique des Oceans, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Preliminary Activities between CIRA and ESC on Meteorological Modelling

Italian Aerospace Research Center
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Activities between CNRS and ESC under MOU

National Center for Science Research
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Domestic Collaboration Projects

nterim Report on the Joint Study of Earth Simulator Center and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Global Economic Simulation (in Japanese)

Institute of Economic Research,Hitotsubashi Universityh
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Development of Design Technology by Whole Aircraft Simulation (in Japanese)

    School of Engineering, Tohoku University
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD.
    Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Annual Report of the Earth Simulator 2004

Contents

Message from the Director

Outline of the Earth Simulator Project

Earth Simulator Research Projects

Chapter 1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Simulation

Chapter 2 Solid Earth Simulation

Chapter 3 Computer Science

Chapter 4 Epoch-Making Simulation

Chapter 5 Collaboration Project

Published by

Earth Simulator Center,Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Earth Simulator Research Projects

Earth Simulator Center,
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology