It was suggested that Berk contact Doug Nychka, NCAR's Geophysical Statistics Project Leader. Ed Sarachik discussed the CRC Report. The committee found that in climate modeling and research there is no integrated national strategy, no common infrastructure, supercomputing problems, and a real need to define needed resources specifically. ACPI could partner with IT 2 also. Bob Borchers, NSF Division Director, Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research, reported on high-end computing research priorities for IT 2 .
Current plans call for one facility.
If funds increase, two may be possible. Robinson pointed out that currently the President's IT 2 hardware budgets are flat beyond FY 2000. Fein pointed out that ACPI represents great potential benefit to the climate research and applications community, and it is our only hope in FY 2000 for future progress. Sarachik led a discussion on the need for a national model. Held stated a national toolbox was needed, not a national model, to reduce duplication.