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SCD's FY1998 science highlights

Introduction

Introduction to SCD's FY1998 Annual Scientific Report
Requirements and options for future computing upgrades
Major accomplishments during FY1998

High performance computing resources

Maintaining the existing production supercomputer environment
Silicon Graphics Cray Origin2000 upgrade to Climate Simulation Laboratory
Cray J90se upgrade to Community computing
HP Exemplar SPP-2000 addition to Community computing
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

SCD's Year 2000 planning and testing
Unified queuing system and BPS
Supercomputing systems advances
Machine dependencies
Computer and network security
Distributed systems
High availability of distributed systems
Distributed systems management software
Distributed Computing Services project
Small systems support
Office systems advances
Merging Windows NT and UNIX on a single hardware platform
End-of-life systems
Graphics and Data Analysis (formerly NCAR Graphics)
Technical support services
Online interactive information technology
Site licensing
Resource allocation improvements

Research data

Research data goals for SCD's Data Support Section
Data Support activities
A quick view of Data Support tasks
Major accomplishments in FY1998
Current major projects
Use of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data

Computational science

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

Operational procedures and infrastructure

Overview
Monitoring and initial problem identification
MSS statistics
Dialup account administration
Machine dependencies diagram
Equipment installations and removals
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
Contributions to professional and technical conferences and societies
Outreach and knowledge transfer

Staff, Visitors, and Collaborators

Staff list
Visitor and collaborator list
Seminars given by SCD visitors