[wbill]

The goal is to provide what scientists call a fully integrated Earth system model that can be simulated every 15 minutes for centuries.

So.....weathermen can be wrong more frequently?

Wonder if this will support the global warming theory.

[palmer]

Wonder if this will support the global warming theory.

Projected global warming is about water vapor (CO2 only provides some warming, the bulk is water vapor). But water vapor is distributed very unevenly unlike CO2 which has slow, distributed sources and sinks. Water vapor has very fast sources (evaporation) and sinks (rainfall). To figure out the overall warming, you have to accurately figure out the water vapor at as many points on the earth as possible at a fairly fast rate (e.g. their 15 minutes).

[RFEngineer]

"So.....weathermen can be wrong more frequently"

Either that or wrong with more decimal points.

I have heard that just saying the weather tomorrow will be the same as today is as or more acurate than many production weather models...

Doesn't take as many teraflops to calculate, either