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Calculating the future
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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 52 ,  Issue 1  (January 2009) table of contents
Rural engineering development
COLUMN: News table of contents
Pages 9-11  
Year of Publication: 2009
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
David Lindley  Alexandria, VA
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Climate researchers have no shortage of scientific issues on which to expend computer power. The biggest problem is choosing which one to tackle first.


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

U.S. Climate Change Science Program

Special Report: Climate Change
Scientific American examines the state of the science on climate change

Climate Change Controversies: A Simple Guide
From The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK

Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling
National Academies of Sciences report (2001) on climate modeling

The National Center for Atmospheric Research's Community Climate System Model
Climate Change
The U.K. Meteorological Office

climateprediction.net
Distributed computing project to compare climate models


INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.2 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.5 COMPUTER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
      C.5.1 Large and Medium ("Mainframe") Computers

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING


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