DCFP awarded key computation by the NCI

The National Computing Infrastructure (NCI) has awarded an inaugural Australasian Leadership Computing Grants (ALCG) to the DCFP, providing compute time on NCI’s Gadi supercomputer and represents the largest compute grants in Australian history.

The DCFP’s Richard Matear, Terry O’Kane, Vassili Kitsios and Russ Fiedler will use the compute time to run a large ensemble of decadal climate forecasts using their CSIRO-designed code. The extremely computationally-demanding work will generate a unique large ensemble of forecasts and position Australia in the forefront of international efforts. The grant will enable the project to tackle significant problems at the highest resolution, in the shortest time, thanks to record-breaking access to NCI’s supercomputer.

DCFP Project Leader, Richard Matear said the NCI grant means that “critical information will be readily exploited by climate scientists to provide novel and essential insights into the processes driving climate and help make Australia more climate-resilient”.

These insights will have a lasting legacy on how Australian communities and industries adapt and mitigate the future impacts of climate variability and change.