HPC ACTIVITIES IN THE EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY

ESRL’s Advanced Computing Section mission is to enable new advancements in atmospheric and oceanic sciences by making modern high performance computers easier for researchers to use. Active areas of research include (1) the development of software to simplify programming, portability and performance of atmospheric and oceanic models that run on distributed or shared memory environments, (2) the development of software that explores and utilizes grid computing, and (3) the collaboration with researchers in the continued development of next generation weather forecast models for use in scientific studies or operational environments. This paper will describe two activities our group is engaged in: the integration of parallel debugging capabilities into the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF), and the development of a modeling portal called WRF Portal.