Enabling Innovation in Numerical Prediction of High-Impact Weather Systems

By Zhaoxia Pu

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah

Along with the rapid advancement in computer technology, numerical weather prediction (NWP) has become a central component of modern weather forecasting. In the United States, daily weather forecasting begins with a supercomputer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC. Around the world, most countries use NWP as key guidance for their operational weather prediction.

At the University of Utah, high-performance computing has wholly or partially supported essential research projects on NWP with innovative science and technology advancements. Dr. Zhaoxia Pu, professor of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and her research group devote studies to improving numerical prediction and understanding of high-impact weather systems, including tropical cyclones, hurricanes, mesoscale convective systems, mountainous fog, and flows over complex terrain. For most of the research, hundreds and sometimes thousands of CPU processors are used for a single set of numerical experiments.

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