SCREAM resonates in the race for the Gordon Bell Climate Prize

The Bell will toll for some of the more interesting climate research projects on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers starting this year. The new Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling will be awarded annually for the next 10 years, starting in 2023, to acknowledge the efforts of climate scientists and software …

[pdh]

Validation

"This includes high-resolution simulations capable of accurately representing large convective circulations and other vital atmospheric events, honing in on certain levels of accuracy missing in existing big climate models."

I wonder how they validated the accuracy of this model? Does anyone know? The article talks about improved performance, but I didn't notice anything about validation of its results.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Validation

The results will be whatever is needed to get the most funding.

[Throatwarbler Mangrove]

Re: Validation

They have a Web site, you know. Perhaps you could peruse it.

[LybsterRoy]

Re: Validation

-- Perhaps you could peruse it. --

I tried but the words were to big and didn't seem to make any sense even when I understood them.

[Throatwarbler Mangrove]

Re: Validation

So you don't understand the models or the science, but you feel qualified to criticize them? Fascinating.

[LybsterRoy]

Re: Validation

-- I wonder how they validated the accuracy of this model? --

Me to. I promise to believe everything they say about MMCC just as soon as they start to make predictions that can be checked and are proven correct.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Validation

When was the arctic supposed to be entirely free from ice?

Sadly the doom predictions are just too profitable. Imagine a world where John Kerry didn't need to fly around in his private jet telling everyone to cut down on their energy usage. What a horrible world that would be!

[ravenviz]

This really has come to something that we are giving prizes for modelling the highest fidelity fuckedness in which we can find ourselves.

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