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NASA Releases Free Global Climate Model Software

Posted by samzenpus on from the hurricane-in-the-classroom dept.

ink_polaroid writes "NASA has released its Educational Global Climate Model (EdGCM) for high school and university desktop computers. The software incorporates a 3-D climate model developed at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York. It wraps complex computer modeling programs with a graphical interface familiar to most PC users."

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  1. Re:Mac version? by djupedal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Approx. 40mb downloads page

    ftp://ftp.giss.nasa.gov/pub/edgcm/EdGCM_Mac_Instal ler.sit OS X

  2. Re:Simulated doomsday? by tricops · · Score: 2, Informative

    See IMDB info for the movie here: The Day After Tomorrow

    Despite its (relatively) low rating there, and the amount of cgi, I actually rather enjoyed the movie.

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  3. Re:self prophecising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    You're not joking, from the README:
    We recommend that you NOT leave the GCM running on a Windows laptop unattended. We have found that some Pentium laptops have difficulty dissipating heat and may shutdown (hibernate) without warning causing the climate model to crash
  4. Not really free by AnuradhaRatnaweera · · Score: 2, Informative

    Would be nice if they had a Linux port. Or if the source code is made freely available, someone would have written a clone [or hopefully nicer ;-)] UI!

  5. Wow, OS X by fsterman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey, there is more OS X stuff there than Win32! No linux version, but hey, it still feels fucking cool.

    Although everyone needs to stop copying the brushed metal and aqua buttons. If you are going to do it, don't make it look like shit.

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  6. mirrors by calyptos · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're having trouble downloading it, you can get it here.

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