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Advanced Supercomputers Take on Storms with CERA at TACC

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season caused hundreds of deaths, and more than $200 billion in damages. In efforts to protect lives and property, the The Texas Advanced Computing Center supercomputers, namely Frontera, Stampede3, and Lonestar6, were deployed to feed storm models and events into the CERA platform for state-of-the-art surge forecasting and emergency preparedness. TACC is exploring artificial intelligence and machine-learning techniques to even further accelerate predictions and refine simulation models.

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TACC supercomputers. Vista (top left), Frontera (top right), Lonestar6 (bottom left), Stampede3 (bottom right). Credit: TACC
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CERA partnered with High Performance Centers in TX and LA for hurricane IAN

Hurricane IAN was a destructive category 4 hurricane that caused severe damage across the states of Florida and South Carolina.

The CERA Group delivered ongoing forecast results to 90,000 users over the entire course of the storm. The ADCIRC Surge Guidance System Team, the LSU Center for Computation and Technology (CCT) and High Performance Centers in TX and LA were key partners for our success to provide uninterrupted storm surge modeling and visualization guidance.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center published a Q&A, covering the role of the Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment (CERA) Storm Surge and Flood Web Mapping Visualization Tool and its importance during hurricane IAN.

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Maximum storm surge and inland flooding as displayed on the Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment (CERA) website for hurricane IAN (Sep/Oct 2022). Data source: ADCIRC Surge Guidance System (ASGS).