February 2015
Weather extremists
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory modelers turn to extreme-scale computing to simulate climate and weather extremes like the ‘Pineapple Express’ that drenched the West Coast this winter.
Category Archives: Climate
November 2014
Chilly models
Project aims to improve ocean modeling.
January 2013
Extreme climate
As climate changes, so must the tools to model it.
September 2012
Sphere of influence
Los Alamos researchers have re-partitioned our planetary sphere to focus on regions of particular interest in global climate models.
June 2012
Storm tracking
Graph theory reveals hidden links that could greatly improve scientists’ predictions of hurricane activity.
January 2012
Corralling carbon dioxide
Supercomputers are speeding new-materials designs that sponge up carbon dioxide and helping assemble systems for large-scale carbon capture.
November 2010
Honoring a climate model pioneer
Warren Washington has wedded computers and climate science for more than 50 years, culminating in the National Medal of Science.
October 2010
Virtual ice-breaker
Fractures fuel the breakup of ice sheets and herald the effects of global waming, but climate models find it tough to track the cracks.
September 2009
Past blasts
Climate modelers are analyzing the past 150 years of weather to compare today’s storms and climate trends to yesteryear’s.
June 2009
Clearing up clouds
A team hopes to disperse the haze surrounding clouds’ behavior and influence on the atmosphere. The tool: a simulation operating at an exceptionally fine scale.