This modeling effort includes validation using "Big Data". A truly objective, exascale earth climate model based on science validated using actual data would seem to be a valuable tool in evaluating public policy making major changes in technology and the economy. Unfortunately the plan appears to make a lot of assumptions and is not oriented to this purpose.
New project is the ACME of addressing climate change
Fourteen institutions will work together to develop the most accurate climate change predictions yet, and investigate key fundamental science questions, such as the interaction of clouds and climate and the role of secondary organic aerosols.
The partners include eight national laboratories —
— along with
the National Center for Atmospheric Research, four academic institutions and one private-sector company. Initial funding for the effort has been provided by DOE’s Office of Science. More information can be found in the Accelerated Climate Modeling For Energy: Project Strategy and Initial Implementation Plan.
Accelerated Climate Modeling For Energy (ACME) ProjectStrategy and Initial Implementation Plan, Current Revision: July 11, 2014
The ACME Vision
The Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy Project is an ongoing, state-of-the-science Earth system modeling, simulation, and prediction project that optimizes the use of DOE laboratory resources to meet the science needs of the nation and the mission needs of DOE.
In this context, “laboratory resources” include the people, programs, and facilities, current and future. They collectively represent a unique combination of scientific and engineering expertise as well as
leadership computing and information technologies required to construct, maintain, and advance an Earth system modeling capability that is needed by the country and DOE. A major motivation for the ACME project is the coming paradigm shift in computing architectures and their related programming models as capability moves into the exascale era. DOE, through its science programs and early adoption of new computing architectures, traditionally leads many scientific communities, including climate and Earth system simulation, through these disruptive changes in computing
leadership computing and information technologies required to construct, maintain, and advance an Earth system modeling capability that is needed by the country and DOE. A major motivation for the ACME project is the coming paradigm shift in computing architectures and their related programming models as capability moves into the exascale era. DOE, through its science programs and early adoption of new computing architectures, traditionally leads many scientific communities, including climate and Earth system simulation, through these disruptive changes in computing
ACME Council Members
- David Bader LLNL
- William Collins UC Berkeley, LBNL
- Robert Jacob, Argonne NL
- Philip Jones, LANL COSIM
- Philip Rasch, PNNL
- Mark Taylor (Sandia NL)
- Peter Thornton, ORNL
- Dean Williams, LLNL
Dr. Renata McCoy of LLNL is the ACME Project Engineer. Dr. McCoy is instituting implementation of a formal project management and tracking system (Jira, www.atlassian.com/software/jira, is currently being evaluated).
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