MeteoSchweiz invites you to attend its research colloquium FOKO 2011-2:
How much high performance computing does meteorology need?
29 November 2011, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
at MeteoSwiss, Krähbühlstrasse 58, 8044 Zurich, Room for events 353 – 354
No registration is required; participation is free of charge.
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Agenda
10:30 – 10:45 Welcome Address, Saskia Willemse, Philippe Steiner, MeteoSwiss
10:45 – 11:10 Contribution of high performance computing to the evolution of meteorology in the last decade, Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF
Part A: Added value of the increasing computing performance
11:10 – 11:35 What is the expected added value of a further increase in resolution in the short to medium range forecast?, Humphrey Lean, UK Met Office
Short break
11:45 – 12:10 What is the expected added value of a further increase in resolution in climate science? Bjorn Stevens, MPI-M
12:10 – 12:35 Towards cloud-resolving climate modeling, Christoph Schär, ETH Zürich
Lunch break
13:35 – 14:00 Higher resolution vs. ensemble forecasting, Bodo Ritter, DWD
14:00 – 14:25 The importance of high performance computing for post-processing, Thordis Thorarinsdottir, Uni Heidelberg
Part B: The future of high performance computing
14:25 – 14:50 Future role of high performance computing in the advancement of science, Thomas Schulthess, CSCS
Coffee break
15:15 – 15:40 How MeteoSwiss is preparing for future HPC architectures, Oliver Fuhrer, MeteoSwiss
15:40 – 16:30 Discussion: What could a further increase in available computing power be used for in order to get the largest added value in meteorology? Speakers & Audience
