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To create a global NWP system from this code you would need observations (soundings, SST, satellite measurements) as well as a super computer.
by jakethedog 12y ago
To create a global NWP system from this code you would need observations (soundings, SST, satellite measurements) as well as a super computer.
- tankenmate 12y agoWCOSS (Tide & Gyre): IBM iDataPlex/Intel Sandy Bridge/Linux 208 trillion calculations/sec; 10,048 processing cores; 2,590 trillion bytes of storage [xref: http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/GFS/doc.php#comopesys http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/GFS/doc.php#comopesys]
- jscheel 12y agoHere's a really interesting read about the trials of upgrading to WCOSS: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/06/25/new-weather-service-supercomputer-faces-chaos/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/...
- bainsfather 12y agoI'd assumed that 'trials' meant 'snafu in a big software project'. But actually it's about the butterfly effect making it impossible to get exact agreement between the old and new systems for forecasts longer than about 5 days.
- sp332 12y agoYou can get 1.5% of that processing power in a single graphics card now. So in 7 years, we should be able to buy that much power for about $350 :)
- dodders 12y agoMore details here: http://www.nwas.org/committees/waf/new_supercomputer.php http://www.nwas.org/committees/waf/new_supercomputer.php