Is Deep Thunder like the National Weather Service?
Deep Thunder is different than but complementary to the National Weather Service (NWS). First of all, Deep Thunder would not be possible without the NWS. Deep Thunder takes advantage of the U.S. government’s significant investment in observing the atmosphere and simulating the weather by using the data that NWS makes available. NWS focuses on uniform services for the whole U.S. by providing detailed observations (spacecraft, radar, stations, etc.) and global- to continental-scale simulations on a large IBM System p™ Cluster 1600 (12 km for all of North America and the surrounding oceans), which are considerable tasks. It is not their mission to provide customized, detailed services for specific industries or geographies. Deep Thunder provides local, cloud-scale, high-resolution (100 x 100 km at 1 km) simulations (on a small IBM System p Cluster 1600) aimed at business applications using detailed physics and customized operations, products, and integration.
Deep Thunder is different than but complementary to the National Weather Service (NWS). First of all, it would not be possible without the NWS. Deep Thunder leverages the US Government’s significant investment in observing the atmosphere and simulating the weather by using the data that NWS makes available. NWS focuses on uniform services for the whole US by providing detailed observations (spacecraft, radar, stations, etc.) and global to continental-scale simulations on a large IBM pSeries Cluster 1600 (e.g., 12 km for all of North America and the surrounding oceans), for example, which are considerable tasks. Hence, they do not have the mission to provide customized, detailed services for specific industries or geographies. On the other hand, Deep Thunder provides local, cloud-scale, high-resolution (e.g.
