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1.Research Articles

ACuTEMan: A multigrid-based mantle convection simulation code and
its optimization to the Earth Simulator

Masanori Kameyama

Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in Spherical Shell
with Infinite Prandtl Number at High Rayleigh Number

Takatoshi Yanagisawa and Yasuko Yamagishi

Development of an Integrated Earth System Model
on the Earth Simulator

Michio Kawamiya, Chisato Yoshikawa, Tomomichi Kato, Hisashi Sato,
Kengo Sudo, Shingo Watanabe and Taroh Matsuno

2.Technical Report

Description of Sea-Ice Component of Coupled Ocean–Sea-Ice Model
for the Earth Simulator (OIFES)

Nobumasa Komori, Keiko Takahashi, Kenji Komine, Tatsuo Motoi,
Xiangdong Zhang, and Genki Sagawa

Macro-Micro Interlocked Simulator

Tetsuya Sato