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> they probably used it for medium-range weather forecasts in europe
by ithkuil 3y ago
> they probably used it for medium-range weather forecasts
in europe
- defrost 3y agoFWiW Australia used a CDC Cyber 205 for occassional weather modelling and other mathematical work in the early 1980s. ( There was a seperate dedicated weather computer, this one was used for 'other' jobs like speculative weather modelling, monster group algebraic fun, et al.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_Cyber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_Cyber The UK was the first customer: In 1980, the successor to the Cyber 203, the Cyber 205 was announced. The UK Meteorological Office at Bracknell, England was the first customer and they received their Cyber 205 in 1981.
- pietjepuk88 3y agoI thought the ECMWF models were (and always have been) global?
- jorvi 3y ago> European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- checkyoursudo 3y agoOnly centred on Europe.
- ithkuil 3y agoFwiw I meant "made in Europe" (as opposed as models of Europe)