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    TIGGE featured in EOS   September 03, 2008
    TIGGE featured in EOS
    The TIGGE project, short for The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Interactive Grand Global Ensemble, is an international and collaborative effort to improve weather prediction and models. The project is currently featured in EOS, the weekly publication of the American Geophysical Union.
         
         
    NCAR Distributes Premier Climate Reanalysis Dataset   July 17, 2008
    NCAR Distributes Premier Climate Reanalysis Dataset
    The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) and NCAR have partnered to distribute what scientists are calling the gold standard for climate studies.
         
         
    NCAR Allocates Over 12 Million Processor Hours to Climate and Atmospheric Research   July 09, 2008
    NCAR Allocates Over 12 Million Processor Hours to Climate and Atmospheric Research
    The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has allocated 12 million processor hours to 13 projects over the next 18 months for climate modeling in support of the multi-agency Climate Change Science Program.
         
         
    NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather   May 08, 2008
    NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather
    On April 24, 2008, NCAR took delivery of the first IBM Power 575 to be shipped, continuing a 30-year tradition of providing a sustainable high performance computing environment to the atmospheric sciences community.
         
         
    Supercomputers Resolve Stormy Issues   April 07, 2008
    Supercomputers Resolve Stormy Issues
    Using a special allocation of computing power on CISL's blueice supercomputer, scientists have discovered turbulent eddies swirling through a simplified tropical cyclone.
         
         
    Turbulent Times   February 15, 2008
    Turbulent Times
    IMAGe's Theme-of-the-Year (TOY) is a year-long focus on a specific aspect of applied mathematics and the geosciences, designed to advance research and education between the mathematical and geoscience communities. The TOY08 will focus on turbulence applied to the geosciences.
         
         
    NCAR's SC07 Highlights   December 11, 2007
    NCAR's SC07 Highlights
    CISL presented NCAR science and imagery at the 2007 Supercomputing Conference. At NCAR's booth, CISL speakers were joined by guest scientists from Oregon State University, the University of Colorado, and NCAR's Climate and Global Dynamics Division.
         
         
    NCAR to Showcase Science at SC07   October 25, 2007
    NCAR to Showcase Science at SC07
    At this year's Supercomputing Conference (SC07) the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) will offer a series of science talks that illustrate how supercomputers are advancing discovery in the geosciences.
         
         
    CISL Hosts CAS2K7 Workshop   September 20, 2007
    CISL Hosts CAS2K7 Workshop
    The 2007 Computing in Atmospheric Sciences Workshop (CAS2K7) was held September 9-13 in Annecy, France. It helps supercomputing industry leaders learn in detail about their customers' needs and allows them to present their product roadmaps. It is also a forum for scientists to exchange ideas and share experiences about computing resources and applications.
         
         
    NCAR Adds Computing Resource to the TeraGrid   August 09, 2007
    NCAR Adds Computing Resource to the TeraGrid
    NCAR's 2,048-processor BlueGene/L system (frost) is now available to researchers using the TeraGrid. The TeraGrid is the nation's most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure for open scientific research. Each year, frost will contribute up to 4.5 million processor-hours to the TeraGrid.
         
         
    Changing of the Guard   July 10, 2007
    Changing of the Guard
    On June 26, CISL removed the last frame of bluesky to make way for bluefire, the IBM POWER6 system scheduled to arrive in the second quarter of 2008. Bluesky served the NCAR and University communities and the Climate Simulation Laboratory for four years and four months.
         
         
    CISL Launches New Internship Program   July 09, 2007
    CISL Launches New Internship Program
    The Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) Program, a prototype partnership between NCAR's supercomputing center and selected universities, is being implemented for the first time this summer.
         
         
    New Supercomputer for NCAR Research   November 03, 2006
    New Supercomputer for NCAR Research
    NCAR has installed a 12-teraflop IBM supercomputer named blueice. Its capability to enhance the resolution and complexity of Earth system models will enable scientists to improve climate and weather research.
         
         
    NCAR to showcase high-end technologies and scientific discovery at SC06   October 18, 2006
    NCAR to showcase high-end technologies and scientific discovery at SC06
    Series of presentations will focus on advances in computing capability at NCAR, new techniques in computational science and climate modeling
         
         
    National LambdaRail lights the future for research in science and networking   September 05, 2006
    National LambdaRail lights the future for research in science and networking
    The next-generation National LambdaRail network offers a wide range of applications and support for the atmospheric and Earth sciences community
         
         
    Earth System Grid: Easy Web access to terascale climate data   August 24, 2006
    Earth System Grid: Easy Web access to terascale climate data
    ESG provides the geosciences community with model output, source code, initialization datasets, and tools for data publishing, analysis, and visualization.
         
         
    ScicomP12/SP-XXL conference offers exposure to new ideas for international attendees   August 03, 2006
    ScicomP12/SP-XXL conference offers exposure to new ideas for international attendees
    A diverse and international audience gathered at NCAR July 17–21 for the joint ScicomP12/SP-XXL conference, hosted by NCAR’s Scientific Computing Division.
         
         
    NCAR to collaborate with San Diego Supercomputer Center on replication of critical data   July 21, 2006
    NCAR to collaborate with San Diego Supercomputer Center on replication of critical data
    Partnership is aimed at ensuring the reliable, long-term preservation of digital assets vital to the missions of both institutions
         
         
    NCAR joins TeraGrid, enabling scientists to strengthen research into complex phenomena   June 13, 2006
    NCAR joins TeraGrid, enabling scientists to strengthen research into complex phenomena
    CISL and TeraGrid collaborate to establish NCAR as a resource provider for the nation's most advanced infrastructure for open scientific research
         
         
    Deadline approaches for ScicomP/SP-XXL meetings   June 09, 2006
    Deadline approaches for ScicomP/SP-XXL meetings
    Register before June 30 to receive the discounted rate for ScicomP/SP-XXL, two meetings on computer performance and scalability being hosted at NCAR by SCD on July 17-21.
         
         
    CISL's Tim Scheitlin creates visualizations for NCAR scientists   May 01, 2006
    CISL's Tim Scheitlin creates visualizations for NCAR scientists
    Images help researchers analyze severe weather, climate change, and other geoscience phenomena
         
         
    Maximum computer performance and scalability to be focus of ScicomP/SP-XXL meetings   April 10, 2006
    Maximum computer performance and scalability to be focus of ScicomP/SP-XXL meetings
    In July 2006, the Scientific Computing Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research will host two concurrent meetings for scientific users of IBM high-performance computing systems.
         
         
    Powerful, free NCL software makes it easy to access, process, and visualize geoscientific data   March 01, 2006
    Powerful, free NCL software makes it easy to access, process, and visualize geoscientific data
    The NCAR Command Language (NCL), designed by SCD and enhanced through ongoing collaboration between SCD and CGD, is an important part of Earth systems science in 51 countries.
         
         
    NCAR’s Mass Storage System gets bigger, faster   January 30, 2006
    NCAR’s Mass Storage System gets bigger, faster
    Transition from HiPPI to Fibre Channel technology increases MSS capacity and bandwidth
         
         
    Nine SCD staff receive awards for exceptional achievement   January 13, 2006
    Nine SCD staff receive awards for exceptional achievement
    SCD Special Recognition Awards presented at annual ceremony
         
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