By IANS,
New Delhi : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday installed a super computing device that will upgrade its short range weather prediction from two days to seven days.
“Currently, we are giving two days forecast and with this new high power device, we will be giving predictions for seven days in advance,” IMD director B.P. Yadav told IANS.
The meteorological department, which turned 135 Friday, inducted a High Power Computing System (HPCS) at its headquarters here. The machine will help weathermen make predictions about rain, fog, smog and cyclone situations at least seven days in advance.
“It can compute a large number of data and give prediction for seven days instead of just two days. This is part of our modernization process,” Yadav added.
The HPCS has a top speed of 14.4 teraflops and has 300 terabytes of storage, with a robotic retrieval system with separate servers at 11 meteorological centers across India.
Through this system, meteorological centers like Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Chennai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Nagpur and others will be connected to the Delhi center through VPN links and in the future will be connected to the national knowledge network.