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Cellular automata modeling of snow transport by wind

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Applied Parallel Computing Computations in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science (PARA 1995)

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We present a lattice gas model to simulate snow transport by wind and its deposition on a given ground profile. Our approach is very well suited to a fine grained massively parallel computing.

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  1. Parallel Computing Group, CUI, University of Geneva, 24, rue du Général Dufour, 1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    Alexandre Masselot & Bastien Chopard

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Jack Dongarra Kaj Madsen Jerzy Waśniewski

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Masselot, A., Chopard, B. (1996). Cellular automata modeling of snow transport by wind. In: Dongarra, J., Madsen, K., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Applied Parallel Computing Computations in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science. PARA 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1041. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60902-4_45

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