Training on Frontier delivers faster, more precise AI weather forecasts

Training on Frontier delivers faster, more precise AI weather forecasts

Researchers used the world’s fastest supercomputer for open science to make the world’s largest artificial intelligence model for weather prediction even larger, more detailed, and more accurate. The second version of the Oak Ridge Base Foundation Model for Earth System Predictability, or ORBIT-2, dials in up-to-the-minute forecasts down to the…

Matt LakinNovember 14, 2025

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Fine-Tuning Forecasts: ORBIT Brings Long-Range Weather Prediction Within Reach

The world’s fastest supercomputer could help bring up-to-the-minute, pinpoint weather forecasts weeks in advance to your laptop, tablet or phone. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used Frontier, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s 2-exaflop HPE Cray EX supercomputing system, to train the world’s largest artificial…

Matt LakinNovember 13, 2024

ATS Seminar Series: Peter Dueben

The Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) of the National Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL is a world leader in developing and deploying scientific and technical solutions for leadership-class computing environments. The R&D activities of ATS are organized around designing and deploying leadership class systems, developing artificial intelligence solutions for science…

Katie BetheaJune 23, 2021

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US Air Force, ORNL Launch Next-Generation Global Weather Forecasting System

The US Air Force and the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) launched a new high-performance weather forecasting computer system that will provide a platform for some of the most advanced weather modeling in the world. Procured and managed by ORNL’s National Center for Computational Sciences, the…

Coury TurczynFebruary 10, 2021

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US Air Force and ORNL Partner in High Performance Computing and Weather Modeling System

For the US military, accurate weather prediction is vital to both the planning and execution of worldwide missions. To extend its weather modeling capabilities, the US Air Force has joined the computing experts at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in a strategic collaboration that…

Katie BetheaJuly 17, 2018

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