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Advanced Climate Modeling: The Role of Supercomputers in Predicting Weather Patterns

Discover the intricate world of climate modeling powered by advanced supercomputers like Bluefire. This article delves into the complex mathematics that go into building climate models, which take months to develop and provide insights into long-term weather patterns. We explore the incredible processing power of modern supercomputers, capable of performing trillions of calculations per second, and their critical role in making accurate weather predictions. Learn about the challenges and advancements in climate modeling and visualization techniques that enhance our understanding of climate dynamics.

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Advanced Climate Modeling: The Role of Supercomputers in Predicting Weather Patterns

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  1. Climate Modeling Using computers to do the most impossible math homework known to man

  2. What goes into a Model? http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/images/gcm_model_grid_hi_res.mov

  3. Supercomputer Specs • Bluefire • Houses the POWER6 microprocessor • clock speed of 4.7 gigahertz. • System consists of 4,064 processors, 12 terabytes of memory, and 150 terabytes of FAStT DS4800 disk storage • Peak speed of more than 76 teraflops (76 trillion floating-point operations per second) • Bluefire consists of 11 cabinets weighing 3,200 pounds each.

  4. How Long does it take? • Weather models are done daily, but are for very short time frames • Only “accurate” for 2-4 days • Climate Models can take months to a year • Dependant upon resolution desired • Dependant upon number of variables If a person would try to do all of the calculations for even a simple model, it would take them thousands of lifetimes!

  5. Resolution

  6. Resolution goes vertical too

  7. Visualization http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=353&MediaTypeID=2 http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=538&MediaTypeID=2

  8. A Modeled Hurricane

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