WEATHER FORECASTING / METEOROLOGYScali has proven experience delivering solutions to national and global weather, water and climate modelling, forecasting and analyses organizations. The meteorological and hydrological institutes leverage the latest developments in meteorology and Linux clustering to enable reliable numerical predictions with a reduced total cost of ownership. Scali has provided software and services to some of the world's most prestigious weather forecasting companies, including:
Linux clusters running Scali Manage and Scali MPI Connect quickly and accurately analyze the large amounts of weather data needed to serve users. In addition to software, Scali offers services such as application benchmarking and tuning, in order to ensure the weather modelling codes are optimized for the customer’s Linux cluster environment. Scali MPI Connect has installations running weather forecasting application such as MM5 (Mesoscale Modeling System), COSMO (Consortium for Small-scale Modeling), WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) and HIRLAM. MM5 Benchmark The benchmark below shows MM5 scaling to 400 CPUs using Dolphin SCI Interconnect and Scali MPI Connect at the Linköping Supercomputer Centre in Sweden.
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"Meteorological calculations are extremely demanding and complex. We set strict requirements to the software and the professional competence of our partners. Scali was chosen after a thorough evaluation where reliability, price, performance and professional services were key requirements. We are pleased with the attention and follow-up that Scali has provided..."
Sven Owe Haugland, Director of Research & Development at Storm