Computer Facilities
The Computing Equipment
The Atmospheric Science group operates an extensive cluster of modern computer workstations with 10 different servers, including a 32 CPU Linux cluster and a 1.7 TB RAID server. These systems are fully networked with over 30 personal computers and various postscript printer devices.
We also have videotape equipment, including video capture and recording for the Silicon Graphics Iris. Analog and digital weather data are received and analyzed with a dedicated computer system. Weather maps, surface and upper air data and numerical data are received via satellite as well as the Internet Data Distribution system. Graphics workstations are used to analyze and display these data. There is also access to advanced computing facilities with Cray Y-MPs at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the UCSD Super Computer Center, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (NSCEE) and IBM 3090s at UCLA and Cornell University.
The ATM Clustered Servers
The department has two main clustered servers used to run models like MM5 or WRF: