Met Office: IBM to provide next Met Office supercomputer
John Hirst, Met Office Chief Executive said: "In a world where the effect of extreme weather events is becoming more severe and the potential impact of global warming is becoming ever more apparent, the Met Office plays an increasingly vital role in researching and forecasting these events. The new supercomputer is an important step in delivering our strategic targets."
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IBM - what are they thinking? In a normal world the MET office would have to get something right once before you toss a whole bunch of more money at it.
For example this forecast - The Met Office, UK, has forecast that the year 2007 is likely to be the warmest on record. The global surface temperature is projected to be 0.54°C above the long-term average of 14°C, beating the current record of 0.52°C, which was set in 1998.
The annual projection was compiled by the Met Office, UK’s Hadley Centre, in conjunction with the University of East Anglia.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2006/pr20061214.html
Wrong. Compare to their own records from 2007. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/
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