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Earth Simulator Now Predicting Hurricanes?

Posted by simoniker on from the but-not-godzilla dept.

GeoGreg writes "The BBC is reporting that the Japanese Earth Simulator supercomputer is producing results showing that it is possible to model climate down to the level of severe weather events such as hurricanes. This computer has been discussed on Slashdot previously, and it sounds like at least some of the hype around this beastie was justified."

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  1. butteryl? by SHEENmaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does this shoot the whole "butterfly in the rainforest" theory to hell, or does the simulator monitor butterfly activity?

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  2. Simulator this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new hurricane prediction overlards!!!

  3. Re:Model by Davak · · Score: -1, Redundant

    For the typo nazis...

    "currently" should be "correctly"

    Davak

  4. imagine a beowolf cluster of those.. by Pass_Thru · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just had to say it...

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