How

Code

  • Many thousands of lines of code across separate component models
  • Mostly Fortran, developed over decades

People

  • Community of CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology and university research scientists and research projects staff

High Performance Computing

  • NCI (compute and storage) – 4-8 model years/day depending on complexity, resolution, i.e. 1-2 months to run 1850-2100.
  • CSIRO (data storage and analysis)