@Article{lockey:characterization,
  author = {P. Lockey and R. Proctor and I. D. James},
  title = {Characterization of {I/O} Requirements in a Massively Parallel Shelf
  Sea Model},
  journal = {The International Journal of High Performance Computing
  Applications},
  year = {1998},
  month = {Fall},
  volume = {12},
  number = {3},
  pages = {320--332},
  keywords = {parallel I/O application, pario-bib},
  abstract = {It is now recognized that a high level of I/O performance is
  crucial in making effective use of parallel machines for many scientific
  application codes. This paper considers the I/O requirements in one
  particular scientific application area; 3D modelling of continental shelf sea
  regions. We identify some of the scientific aims which drive the model
  development, and the consequent impact on the I/O needs. As a case study we
  take a parallel production code running a simulation of the North Sea on a
  Cray~T3D platform and investigate the I/O performance in dealing with the
  dominant I/O component; dumping of results data to disk. In order to place
  the performance issues in a more general framework we construct a simple
  theoretical model of I/O requirements, and use this to probe the impact of
  available I/O performance on current and proposed scientific objectives.},
  comment = {In a Special Issue on I/O in Parallel Applications, volume 12,
  numbers 3 and 4.}
}