Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling Efforts to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1998.
Colección:The compass series Capacity of U.S. climate modeling to support climate change assessment activities
Temas:
Climatic changes > United States > Mathematical models.
Climatic changes > Research.
Climat > Changements > États-Unis > Modèles mathématiques.
Climatic changes > Mathematical models
Climatic changes > Research
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling
  • BACKGROUND
  • POLICY CONTEXT
  • CURRENT SMALL AND INTERMEDIATE MODELING CAPABILITIES
  • CURRENT HIGH-END MODELING CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS
  • ACCESS TO FOREIGN MODEL OUTPUT
  • PRIORITY SETTING
  • COORDINATION
  • ALLOCATING RESOURCES
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELEVANT TO THIS REPORT: COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND COORDINATION
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • References
  • Appendix A1. THE CRISIS IN U.S. CLIMATE MODELING
  • 2. THREE OPTIONS FOR PROGRESS
  • Option 1: Further increase funding at existing modeling centers
  • Option II: A new center for climate modeling
  • Option III: A distributed national climate modeling program
  • 3. A THREE-TIER STRUCTURE FOR THE DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM
  • Tier 1: The U.S. National Climate Model
  • Tier 2: Model development research
  • Tier 3: Research on climate variability
  • 4. IMPLEMENTATION
  • Appendix B Statement of Task
  • Appendix C CRC Climate Modeling Workshop Invitation and Agenda
  • AGENDA OF CLIMATE MODELING WORKSHOPExecutive Session
  • Public Session
  • The Quality and Infrastructure of Climate Modeling in the United States
  • Appendix D Examples of Access Restrictions on Foreign Atmospheric Data
  • Memorandum
  • Appendix E
  • NCAR MEASUREMENTS OF SINGLE PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE
  • High-end Processors
  • (64-bit Results)
  • A SAMPLING OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS IN MAJOR ATMOSPHERIC MODELING CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Systems Currently Installed
  • III. Future Developments Abroad
  • IV. A Sample of Computing Systems in Universities AbroadV. Impact on U.S. Atmospheric Science
  • VI. Summary
  • COMMENTS FROM UCAR TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION HEARING
  • Members of the Commission:
  • Background
  • A New NCAR Climate Model
  • The RFP
  • Performance Expectations in the BAFO Guidelines.
  • The BAFO from the Federal Computer Corporation (FCC)
  • The BAFO from Cray Research
  • Basis for Selection
  • If An Antidumping Order is Issued
  • Summary
  • Bibliography

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