Coupling NASA Advanced Multi-Scale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems for Improving Predictions of Tropical High-Impact Weather (CAMVis)

Among the scenarios in the Decadal Survey Missions (DSM) report (NRC, 2007), “Extreme Event Warning” is one of the top priority scenarios. It focuses on “discovering predictive relationships between meteorological and climatological events and less obvious precursor conditions from massive data sets.” To achieve this, our approach is to deploy the “Coupled Advanced Multi-Scale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems (CAMVis)” by (1) integrating existing NASA technologies such as the NASA multi-scale modeling system, the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble model, the finite-volume General Circulation Model, and concurrent visualization systems; (2) improving the parallel scalability of the coupled multi-scale modeling system to take full advantage of the next-generation peta-scale supercomputers; (3) significantly streamlining data flow for fast processing and 3D visualizations; and (4) developing visualization modules for the fusion of NASA satellite data. In this paper, we will discuss the project progress and then discuss future tasks needed to support the DSM.