FOKO 2011-2

How much high performance computing does meteorology need?

Introduction

Welcome Address

Philippe Steiner, MeteoSwiss

Contribution of high performance computing to the evolution of meteorology in the last decade

Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF

Part A: Added value of the increasing computing performance

What is the expected added value of a further increase in resolution in the short to medium range forecast?

Humphrey Lean, UK Met Office

What is the expected added value of a further increase in resolution in climate science?

Bjorn Stevens, MPI-M

Towards cloud-resolving climate modeling

Christoph Schär, ETH Zürich

Higher resolution vs. ensemble forecasting

Bodo Ritter, DWD

The importance of high performance computing for post-processing

Thordis Thorarinsdottir, Uni Heidelberg

Part B: The future of high performance computing

Future role of high performance computing in the advancement of science

Thomas Schulthess, CSCS

How MeteoSwiss is preparing for future HPC architectures

Oliver Fuhrer, MeteoSwiss