Earth Data Science
Many Core Processors and Workflow Study for WCOSS II
Description
RENCI has partnered with government services provider Raytheon to study the performance of computer models on new and emerging hardware. As NOAA works to update its computer hardware through the program Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System II (WCOSS II), Raytheon is studying how existing models for weather, river flows, and storm surge will be able to leverage new architectures such as Intel Knights Landing and Skylake processors. Because of RENCI’s expertise in high performance computing, code analysis and tuning, and Earth science applications, Raytheon sought a partnership with RENCI to extend its existing capabilities as they pursue opportunities with NOAA and beyond.
RENCI's Role
RENCI’s activities included analysis of NCAR’s Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Hydro modeling suite. Brian Blanton and Rob Fowler led this project.