Developments in teracomputing : proceedings of the Ninth ECMWF Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing in Meteorology : Reading, UK, November 13-17, 2000

The geosciences, particularly numerical weather prediction, are demanding the highest levels of available computer power. Every second year, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, with its experience in using supercomputers in this field, organizes a workshop bringing together manufacturers, computer scientists, researchers and operational users to share their experiences and to learn about the latest developments. This book reports on the November 2000 workshop. It provides an excellent overview of the latest achievements in, and plans for the use of, new parallel techniques in meteorology, climatology and oceanography. The geosciences, particularly numerical weather prediction, are demanding the highest levels of available computer power. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, with its experience in using supercomputers in this field, organises every second year a workshop bringing together manufacturers, computer scientists, researchers and operational users to share their experiences and to learn about the latest developments. This book reports on the November 2000 workshop. It provides an excellent overview of the latest achievements in, and plans for the use of, new parallel techniques in meteorology, climatology and oceanography. This volume reports on the ECMWF Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing in Meteorology. It provides an overview of the latest achievements in, and plans for the use of, new parallel techniques in meteorology, climatology and oceanography. Earth observation, research on physical processes and the computer simulations are very important elements in global environmental change studies, but global change mechanisms are tightly coupled and typically form a complex system.