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IBM Supercomputer at Gaithersburg, MD Computer Center
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e.g., National Association of State Energy Officials,Emergency Managers
51 FTE
Total FTE: 426146 Contractors/20 Visitors
•Receives Over 123 Million Global Observations Daily•Sustained Computational Speed: 1.485 Trillion Calculations/Sec•Generates More Than 5.7 Million Model Fields Each Day•Global Models (Weather, Ocean, Climate)•Regional Models (Aviation, Severe Weather, Fire Weather)•Hazards Models (Hurricane, Volcanic Ash, Dispersion)•3.2x upgrade operational on January 25, 2005•Backup in Fairmont, WV operational January 25, 2005
Computing Capability
Commissioned/Operational IBM Supercomputer in Gaithersburg, MD (June 6, 2003)
$26.4M/Year $26.4M/Year InvestmentInvestment
GFS
CFS
GFDLHurricane
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NOAH Land Surface Model
Dispersion
Air Quality
Model Dependencies
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EDAS
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