US atmospheric scientists get new supercomputer
JUN 13, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026099
Los Angeles Times : One of the fastest supercomputers ever built is scheduled to be up and running this summer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s supercomputing center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dubbed Yellowstone, for the nearby national park, the computer will be able to perform 1.5 quadrillion calculations per second. Scientists hope that Yellowstone will help them better predict climate and weather patterns by drawing on some 600 sets of atmospheric data that will be stored in its vast memory bank. Better and more accurate tornado and hurricane warning systems, animal migration patterns, potential success of certain farm crops, and best placement of wind turbines are among the many projects proposed for the new system.
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