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Simulation of global hurricane climatology and response to global warming in a new global High Resolution Atmospheric Model (HiRAM) at 50-kilometer resolution. Images courtesy: Ming Zhao, Isaac Held, Shian-Jian Lin, Gabe Vecchi, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Resolving Global Climate Change
In 1969 scientists from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, New Jersey, published results from the world’s first climate model. Though the model gave scientists their first look at how the ocean and atmosphere interact to influence climate, … Continue reading →
The Gaea supercomputer runs simulations at the National Climate-Computing Research Center, which supports NOAA research of the Earth system. Image courtesy Jim Rogers.
NOAA’s ‘Gaea’ Supercomputer Begins Number Crunching for Climate Science
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partners get a big boost A supercomputer installed to crunch numbers for the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) and its research partners has begun climate simulations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). … Continue reading →
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Energy Department Awards Contract for Climate Supercomputer at Oak Ridge
Interagency partnership will leverage resources and expertise to better climate research The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Cray Inc. a $47 million subcontract to provide high-performance computing (HPC) and scientific services for climate modeling collaborations between Oak Ridge … Continue reading →