CSU Atmopheric Scientists Build Geodesic Climate Model
Using cutting-edge supercomputers to help solve mapping problems, Colorado State University atmospheric scientists will superimpose a geodesic grid on the earth’s lands, oceans and atmosphere to better simulate climate factors. Working with oceanographers and mathematicians from other institutions, the Colorado State team has a cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy for $4.5 million to build the mathematical simulation over the next five years. This will be the first geodesic model that couples atmosphere and ocean, and is the first geodesic model to use “hybrid” coordinates for both atmosphere and ocean. Drs. David Randall and Wayne Schubert in the Department of Atmospheric Science at CSU are leading this effort.