NOAA's Massive Weather Supercomputing System Just Got a Significant Upgrade
NOAA has recently upgraded its weather supercomputing system that the scientific agency relies on to model and forecast American weather.
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NOAA has recently upgraded its weather supercomputing system that the scientific agency relies on to model and forecast American weather.
The upgrades improve computing power that should improve weather forecast models and other weather analysis tools.
The expansion will enable the supercomputers to handle 29 quadrillion calculations per second and is hoped to improve their ability to create complex forecast models.
The increased computing power will enable a significant upgrade to the ‘American’ forecast model
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