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Thursday, August 26, 2021

University of Michigan, USA - Supercomputer Helps Protect Earth From Space Storms [SciTechDaily, August 2021]

Title:
Supercomputer Helps Protect Earth From Space Storms 
 
Published:
SciTechDaily, 18 August 2021
 
From the article:
University of Michigan researchers use Frontera supercomputer to improve space weather forecasting system, avoid worst effects of extreme events. 
 
“There are only two natural disasters that could impact the entire U.S.,” according to Gabor Toth, professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan. “One is a pandemic and the other is an extreme space weather event.”

Also see

“The Space Weather Modeling Framework goes open access” by Tuija Pulkkinen, Tamas I. Gombosi, Aaron J. Ridley, Gabor Toth and Shasha Zou, 13 May 2021, Eos. DOI: 10.1029/2021EO158300