Performance assessment of the incremental strong constraints 4DVAR algorithm in ROMS

We consider the Incremental Strong constraint 4D VARiational (IS4DVAR) algorithm for data assimilation implemented in ROMS with the aim to study its performance in terms of strong scaling scalability on computing architectures such as a cluster of CPUs. We consider realistic test cases with data collected in enclosed and semi enclosed seas, namely, Caspian sea, West Africa/Angola, as well as data collected into the California bay. The computing architecture we use is currently available at Imperial College London. The analysis allows us to highlight that the ROMS-IS4DVAR performance on emerging architectures depends on a deep relation among the problems size, the domain decomposition approach and the computing architecture characteristics.