The German Climate Computing Centre (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ) is a central service center for the German
climate research and Earth system research. It operates
high performance computing for applied and basic research in
climate science and related disciplines. The main task of the DKRZ is to provide computing power and technical support for models and simulations of climate research.
The group commissioned a new supercomputer made by French company
Atos in March 2022.
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Organization
The main shareholders of the German Climate Computing Centre are the
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...
(55%) and the City of
Hamburg
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(27%, represented by
Hamburg University
The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...
). Other partners are the
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (9%) and the
Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht (9%, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH, hereon). The DKRZ is sponsored by the
Federal Ministry for Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (german: link=no, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, ), abbreviated BMBF, is a cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provi ...
. The German Climate Computing Centre is one of four partners within the
Cluster of Excellence CliSAP and member of the network KlimaCampus Hamburg.
External links
Home page of the German Climate Computing Centre
References
Supercomputer sites
Governmental meteorological agencies in Europe
Organisations based in Hamburg
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