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IBM Supercomputer at Gaithersburg, MD Computer Center

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To Serve Diverse Customer Base

e.g., National Association of State Energy Officials,Emergency Managers

51 FTE

Total FTE: 426146 Contractors/20 Visitors

•Receives Over 123 Million Global Observations Daily•Sustained Computational Speed: 1.485 Trillion Calculations/Sec•Generates More Than 5.7 Million Model Fields Each Day•Global Models (Weather, Ocean, Climate)•Regional Models (Aviation, Severe Weather, Fire Weather)•Hazards Models (Hurricane, Volcanic Ash, Dispersion)•3.2x upgrade operational on January 25, 2005•Backup in Fairmont, WV operational January 25, 2005

Computing Capability

Commissioned/Operational IBM Supercomputer in Gaithersburg, MD (June 6, 2003)

$26.4M/Year $26.4M/Year InvestmentInvestment

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CFS

GFDLHurricane

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NOAH Land Surface Model

Dispersion

Air Quality

Model Dependencies

Forecast

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