(a) whether The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has developed an in-house modelling super lab that would
ultimately enable better prediction and planning for earthquakes, coastal storms and extreme sea level rise, among
others;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether a state of art super computer has been acquired to develop a better understanding of climate
variability and climate change; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) No Madam.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) Yes Madam.
(d) A state-of-art supercomputer, based on hex-core technology from WIPRO having 512 cores(2GB/core of RAM)
with a peak performance of 5.5Terra Floating Point Operations (TFLOPs) along with 64TB of storage, has been acquired
in June 2011 to perform long term climate simulations. In addition, 1 Quad-core server with 8GB RAM and 1TB storage
space and Four Dual-core servers to perform the validation and impact assessment studies.
These facilities are presently used for:
i) Performing long-term climate simulations using Global Earth System Models (presently running Community
Earth System Model, Version 1, Norwegian Earth System Model, and Community Climate System Model Version 3). The
simulations for Global Climate Models are around 100 years for baseline and 150 years for future following the
new RCP pathways are in progress.
ii) Regional Climate Models (presently running Weather Research and Forecasting Model version 3.2 and
Center Regional Model Version 3 or PRECIS 1.9- Providing Regional Climate for Impact Studies).