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Modernizing the skies: NOAA and Google Cloud collaborate to advance weather forecasting
NOAA has selected Google Cloud as the primary high-performance computing provider for its Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS). This transition moves NOAA from on-premises to cloud-first infrastructure for weather modeling.
Why it matters
Increased speed and accuracy in weather forecasting can improve public safety by providing more reliable early warnings during severe weather events.
The details
- The system utilizes H4D VMs powered by fifth-generation AMD EPYC™ processors.
- NOAA previously used the WeatherNext model to predict Hurricane Melissa's Category 5 landfall.
- The agency transitioned to Google Workspace as its collaboration suite in 2011.
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NOAA owns Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS)
WCOSS is NOAA's primary operational weather modeling supercomputing system.
H4D VMs are high-performance computing instances offered by Google.
AMD EPYC is a line of server processors manufactured by AMD.
Google owns WeatherNext
WeatherNext is an AI weather prediction model developed by Google DeepMind and Google Research.
Google owns Gemini for Government
Gemini for Government is Google's AI platform tailored for government agencies.
NOAA partnered with Google Cloud to modernize its supercomputing infrastructure for weather modeling.
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NOAA uses Google Cloud
NOAA selected Google Cloud as primary HPC provider for WCOSS.
Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) uses H4D VMs
H4D VMs serve as the primary compute backbone for NOAA's WCOSS supercomputing system.
H4D VMs is built with AMD EPYC
Google Cloud H4D VMs are powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors.
NOAA uses Google Workspace
NOAA transitioned to Google Workspace as its collaboration suite of choice in 2011.
NOAA uses WeatherNext
NOAA used Google's WeatherNext model to predict Hurricane Melissa landfall 5 days in advance.
NOAA Fisheries is a member of NOAA
NOAA Fisheries is a division of NOAA.
NOAA Fisheries uses Gemini for Government
NOAA Fisheries explores agentic AI applications powered by Gemini for Government.
Google Research is a member of Google
Google Research is a research division of Google.
Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) is built with High-Performance Computing
WCOSS utilizes high-performance computing infrastructure.
Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) is related to Numerical Weather Prediction
WCOSS is used for operational numerical weather prediction.
Gemini for Government is built with Agentic AI
Gemini for Government powers agentic AI applications.
NOAA is located in United States
NOAA is an agency of the United States federal government.
Google DeepMind is a member of Google
Google DeepMind is an AI research laboratory and division of Google.
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NOAA Selects Google Cloud for WCOSS Supercomputing System
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