Tropical Pacific
A central test: capturing ENSO and the observed pattern of recent Pacific cooling.
A regional climate modeling initiative
South American
CESM Consortium
Building world-class climate modeling and prediction capacity in South America.
Our mission
Regional expertise.
Global-standard climate science.
South America now has the supercomputing resources to run state-of-the-art climate models — and the scientific expertise to use and improve them.
Rather than building a new modeling system from scratch, we build on the Community Earth System Model (CESM), a flexible and well-tested framework with a vast hierarchy of simulations, resolutions, configurations and experiments.
The scientific challenge
A CESM configuration that better serves South American climate prediction.
Model development
We modify CESM and carry those changes through long coupled integrations — with the Andes update as current proof.
Regional computing
Scientific capacity across Argentina and Chile, supported by computing resources at SMN and NLHPC.
People
A South American scientific network
In collaboration with NCAR, the developers of CESM, we are leading this consortium, which is open to all regional climate modeling groups currently using or interested in using CESM for new model developments or case-study research.
Pedro Di Nezio
SMN · UNCLeads climate prediction development at SMN and the paired-ensemble analysis underlying the proposal.
Fabrice Lambert
PUC ChileIPCC delegate, scoping and contributing author. Develops a South American grid for Variable Resolution CESM.
Nicolás Cosentino
UBARuns CESM for dust aerosol cycles and paleoclimate, including representation of micronutrient iron processing in glacial dust.
Rafael Fernández
UNCuyoRuns CESM for atmospheric chemistry.
Aerthydral Collective
Non-profitA non-profit organization within the initiative's international climate-science network.
Institutions & computing
Built across institutions, connected by a shared goal.
AERTHYDRAL
COLLECTIVE
South America · Climate · Computing
Building the next generation of regional climate prediction.
Contact
pedro.dinezio@gmail.com
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