Computing Resources

The Climate Modelling Group at the University of Victoria has a number of computers which are used for modelling, visualization, data analysis, etc. These comprise:

Kikou

We (still) operate a 32 cpu NEC SX-6 vector computer called "kikou".

Miscellaneous Other Computers

Dell servers of different types, a mini-cluster for running models and performing analyses.
A 96 terabyte RAID array.
Apple Desktop machines of different types.
Apple XServe and XServe RAID.

Computer Names

The names of the computers in our lab all mean "ocean" or "sea" in various languages:

bahari	swahili
cuan	gaelic
dagat	tagalog
dengiz	turkmen
elbahr	arabic
farraige	irish
gyamtsho	tibetan
haiyang	chinese
hav	danish
hiavtxwv	hmong
hronrad	old norse
imarpik	inuit
laxsuulda	tsimishian
laut	indonesian
mar	portuguese
mare	latin
mer	french
miniwanka	dakota
moana	hawaian
ocean	english
oceanus	latin
okhata	chikasaw
okuah	ukrainian
ookean	estonian
samudra	sanskrit
sjor	icelandic
spousta	czech
taikai	japanese
tariuq	inuktitut
tenger	hungarian
thalassa	greek
tujii	oromia
valtameri	finnish
wikyonos	ethiopian
ulwandle	zulu
umi	japanese
vlna	czech
yam	yiddish
yevhar	berber
zee	dutch

UVic / SEOS / Climate Group / Computers

Last updated: Monday, 20-Feb-2012 10:36:37 PST