SCD's FY97 science highlights

Introduction

Introduction to SCD's FY97 Annual Scientific Report
Options for future community and CSL computing upgrades

High performance computing resources

Cray C90 upgrade to Climate Simulation Laboratory
Cray J90se upgrade to community computing
Modeling 2000
High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) at NCAR
DataPark
Visualization Lab

NCAR Mass Storage System

MSS introduction
MSS growth
MSS upgrades
MSS access methods
MSS storage hierarchy
MSS import/export capability
MSS-IV: The next-generation NCAR Mass Storage System

High speed network and data communications

Network engineering and technology advancements
Local Area Network projects
Metropolitan Area Network projects
Wide Area Network projects
Other network projects

Computing environment and support services

Unified queuing system
Machine dependencies
Equipment inventory database
Emergency procedures
Supercomputing systems advances
End-of-life systems
Distributed systems
High availability of distributed systems
Distributed Computing Services project
Small systems support
DataVision (formerly NCAR Graphics)
Advanced technical support services
Online information technology advances
Digital Media Lab
Site licensing
Charging and resource-utilization reports

Research data

Major accomplishments
NCEP/NCAR reanalysis project advances
Atmospheric and oceanic dataset advances

Computational science

Overview
Research
Technology tracking
Software development
Education, outreach, and knowledge transfer

Technology transfer

Overview
SCD contributions to professional and technical conferences and societies
SCD exhibits at professional conferences
GOIN97 conference support
MultiDimensional Applications and Gigabit Internetwork Consortium
University of Rhode Island agreement

Operational procedures and infrastructure

Overview
Monitoring and initial problem identification
Media mounts
Security report checks
Procedures on the web
Machine dependencies diagram
Daily event log
Chemical inventory and instruction
Equipment installations and removals
Maintenance contracts
Floor space
Infrastructure
Trouble Ticket Committee

Publications

Publications list

Community Service and Educational Activities

Community service activities
Educational Activities
Colorado Computational Science Fair
Computing grants to classrooms

Staff, Visitors, and Collaborators

Staff list
Visitor and collaborator list
Seminars given by SCD visitors

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