New Super Computers to Track Climate Change
A deal has been signed today to create two new supercomputers in Australia to forecast weather and track climate change.
The Australian National University and the Bureau of Meteorology will build the new computers at the ANU campus in Canberra and in Melbourne.
The head of ANU Supercomputing Facility, Ben Evans, says the new ANU system is expected to be operational by the end of the year, and would be among the world’s top 30 high performance computing systems.
Acting Director of the Bureau of Meteorology Dr Neville Smith says it will give researchers the extra processing power needed to do more demanding climate forecasts. “Together the new supercomputers will provide the computer power needed to develop the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator – a new project to tie together weather forecasting as well as climate and ocean forecasts,” he said.
The new supercomputers are expected to be operational later this year.