The project will involve running CSTORM on Azure Government and exploring the possibility of using artificial intelligence and machine learning to speed data collection and gain new insights. The initiative was started as a cloud computing pilot project under the Department of Defense’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) and then received a grant from Microsoft’s AI for Earth program. Army Corps Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is partnering with Microsoft to use cloud computing to improve its coastal ocean modeling and better enable data-sharing. Department of Defense supercomputers with a range of other projects, from COVID-19 modeling to military analyses. But using the system means the Army Corps must compete for limited time on U.S. The initiative is an example of CSTORM’s growing importance for assessing storm risks to coastal communities.
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The authority will use the Corps’ premier storm modeling system, CSTORM-MS, to study the possibility of harmful seawater surges up the Mississippi River, a major economic driver for the region, during a hurricane or major storm. Informing those decisions is the goal of a project underway between the Louisiana authority and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers’ premier storm modeling system, CSTORM, uses physics-based models to simulate coastal storms and assess risks to communities. “We need to make the best decisions that we can make, considering the huge amount of scientific uncertainty about what might happen here in the future.” The U.S. “Any time folks have to evacuate, it costs money, and Louisiana is not a rich state. “Storm modeling becomes more important every year with all the hurricanes that Louisiana has been exposed to,” she says.
Search Search /transform/Īfter almost two decades of working on coastal protection and restoration efforts in Louisiana, Carol Parsons Richards knows all too well the destruction hurricanes can cause.Ī coastal resources scientist manager for the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Richards also realizes how critical storm modeling is to help prepare for a future made unpredictable by climate change.