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Parallel Processing in Water Management

by George F. McMahon, ADVENT Group, Inc, Atlanta, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Resources Planning and Management and Urban Water Resources

Abstract:

The introduction of parallel processing as an alternative to super-computing provides opportunities for rapid numerical integration of equations describing open-channel hydrodynamics. Parallel routing models can enhance the capabilities of deterministic watershed response models while increasing computational speed, provided these models employ cellular processors and efficient processor-management techniques. One-dimensional, open-channel conceptual cellular analogues of discretized hydrodynamic systems are illustrated, adapting existing finite-difference approaches. Cell programming can be extended to include hydrology and operations of water-control structures. Hybrid computer systems may be economically tailored in the future to specific water management applications.

Subject Headings: Computer models | Hydrodynamics | Water resources | Water management | Computer programming | Open channels | Mathematical models

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