The Computational Earth Sciences group conducts research in computational methods for the prediction of global and regional climate. An emphasis is placed on the atmospheric dynamics and hydrology of earth systems.
The current Earth System Modeling projects are sponsored by the DOE Office of Science SciDAC Program. This program is titled Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, is exploring and developing the third leg of modern science - simulation - as a paradigm complementing experiment and theory. Funding for these projects is primarily for model development and comes from the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Climate Research Division.
The application of the models falls into the applied earth sciences area and takes on a variety of forms requiring specialized techniques of data assimilation, and data analysis. Our sponsors for this area are NASA Earth Missions as well as DOE OBER.
