Rocky Mountain High Performance Computing
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a research
and development center sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
is dedicated to exploring and understanding the atmosphere
and its interactions with the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere,
and human society. NCAR’s Computational and Information
Systems Laboratory (CISL) provides supercomputing and cyberinfrastructure
services to the geosciences community and conducts research
on information technology, computational science, and mathematics.
NCAR’s exhibit at SC06 (booth #1815),
hosted by CISL, will showcase how NCAR is using high-end technologies
to advance scientific discovery. A series of presentations
by NCAR researchers will focus on topics such as:
- NCAR’s
new high-performance computing system, the Integrated
Computing Environment for Scientific Simulation (ICESS)
- Plans for an
expanded data center and the establishment of a geosciences
consortium for high-performance computing
- Capabilities of
the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and the
Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF)
- NCAR’s provision of
computational and data resources over the TeraGrid
- New
findings on climate change and global warming
Presenters
will be available for questions and answers on how large-scale
simulation efforts and emerging technologies and tools are
helping to develop a better understanding of our planet. |
About NCAR
Established in 1960, the National Center
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is the only national supercomputing
and mass storage facility dedicated exclusively to the atmospheric,
oceanic, and related geosciences. Together with its partners
at universities and research centers, NCAR focuses on exploring
and understanding the atmosphere and its interactions with
the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society. At NCAR, more than 120 Ph.D. researchers and hundreds of visiting
scientists conduct interdisciplinary research with state-of-the
art tools such as supercomputers, computer models, aircraft,
and radar. Scientists at NCAR have discovered much about the
Earth system, including how the Sun influences the Earth, how
climate change can be predicted, and how we can better forecast
the weather. NCAR researchers also study how weather and climate
change affects people and environments around the globe. NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
(CISL), which includes the Scientific Computing Division (SCD)
and the Institute for Mathematical Applications in the Geosciences
(IMAGe), is a world leader in supercomputing and cyberinfrastructure.
CISL supports high-performance computers, data storage, research
datasets, and high-speed networks for the geosciences community.
CISL also conducts research on information technology, computational
science, and mathematics.
NCAR is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (UCAR) under a cooperative agreement with the National
Science Foundation, our primary sponsor. UCAR is a consortium
of 63 U.S. universities that grant degrees in atmospheric sciences
and related disciplines. |
