Climate Changed
As Weather Gets Weird, Top Forecaster Quintuples Computer Power
- New Atos supercomputer to allow for inclusion of more detail
- More accurate forecasts needed as ‘weather continues to kill’
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The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, one of the most accurate predictors of global weather, is upgrading its supercomputer to improve its models and fine-tune predictions of extreme weather.
“Upgrading our computers is something that we always do at regular intervals, but the intensification of severe weather and its impact is making this need more tangible,” ECMWF spokeswoman Hilda Carr said. “Our users need us to be more and more accurate and reliable as weather continues to kill and destroy.”