Climate crunching

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GalaxyIce² Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8748 Credit: 1,232,764 RAC: 0	Message 602419 - Posted: 12 Jul 2007, 17:48:40 UTC
	The science of crunching climate models is little aired and a place to discuss this may be useful. What are climate models? What do they do or prove? Why crunch climate models? I started in BOINC with crunching BBC climate, because it seemed like a fantastic idea to use my computer for something worthwhile, to do my bit. And anyway, I had no knowledge of SETI@Home or any other project then. Now there are different types of climate models, like SAP (Seasonal Attribution Project) the first two of which I completed in 12 days on a dual core, 6 days each, whilst CPDN models can take months to complete. What do I know about the science of climate modeling? Very little. How about you? ____________
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ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7131 Credit: 3,684,219 RAC: 943	Message 602439 - Posted: 12 Jul 2007, 18:39:38 UTC
	Good idea. Well... The details given on the CPDN website make for good interesting reading even if they are a little long. There's also very good articles on the issues for Global Warming on the wikipedia site. Keep searchin', Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
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