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  • Investment Summary Information
  • Investment Detail
  • Investment and Contracts
  • Historic CIO Rating
  • Investment Spending
  • Projects and Activities Detail
Section A: Investment Summary Information
Investment Name
NOAA/OCIO/ NOAA R&D High Performance Computing System (HPCS)
Unique Investment Identifier
006-000380400

Investment Description

High performance computing resources are used for weather and climate research in the development and use of sophisticated numerical models to predict and understand atmospheric and oceanic phenomena.
Agency Department of Commerce
Point of Contact Brian Epley - CIO email 202-482-4797
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category Not Applicable
Shared Service Identifier Not Applicable
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $68.77 M
Current CIO Rating 3
Data As Of: 03/31/2025

Total Projects

7

Cost Variance

  • 7Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Schedule Variance

  • 7Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Cost Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Cost Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Cost Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Cost Variance
Cost Variance: ((Planned Total Costs - Projected or Actual Total Costs) / Planned Total Cost) x 100

Schedule Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Schedule Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Schedule Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Schedule Variance
Schedule Variance: ((Planned Completion Date - Projected or Actual Completion Date) / Project Duration) x 100

Cost and Schedule Variance color coding is based on absolute values. For example, a +40% variance and a -40% variance are both High/Red.
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Date Investment First Submitted
09/20/2021
Date of Last Investment Detail Update
03/31/2025
Section B: Investment Detail
  1. Briefly describe the investment's return on investment, including benefits internal and external to the government and outcomes achieved or planned.
Section C: Investment and Contracts

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Section D: Historic CIO Rating
CIO Rating Date Comments
3 Mar 26, 2025 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.04%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 571,415,040. Large increase to NOAA Enterprise HPC Compute in FY25 without supporting O&M funding that is impacted by $20M reduction in FY 2024 and possible hard earmark to program further impacting future capacity. Funding shortfall increases risk starting end of FY2025. Progressing with risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Feb 27, 2025 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.13%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 615,606,912. Large increase to NOAA Enterprise HPC Compute in FY25 without supporting O&M funding that is impacted by $20M reduction in FY 2024 and possible hard earmark to program further impacting future capacity. Progressing with risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Jan 28, 2025 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.18%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 557,214,336. Large increase to NOAA Enterprise HPC Compute in FY25 without supporting O&M funding that is impacted by $20M reduction in FY 2024 and possible hard earmark to program further impacting future capacity. Progressing with risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Nov 22, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.64%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 558,497,587. Large increase to NOAA Enterprise HPC Compute in FY25 without supporting O&M funding that is impacted by $20M reduction in FY 2024 and possible hard earmark to program further impacting future capacity. Progressing with risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Oct 24, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.12%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 540,481,536. R&D HPCS Program rated as Yellow due to funding deficiency and capacity shortfall - $20M reduction in FY2024 will have O&M impacts for FY 2025, 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Sep 17, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.59%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 547,067,240. C6 (Oak Ridge) in Production increased Compute Hours total. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Jul 30, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.59%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 330,356,736. C4 retired at Oak Ridge for drop in compute hours, C6 near production to compensate in Q3. Increase in compute hours is due to allocations starting on C6. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Jun 28, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.59%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 341,368,627. C4 retired at Oak Ridge for drop in compute hours, C6 near production to compensate in Q3. Increase in compute hours is due to allocations starting on C6. Full production in June 2024. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 May 24, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.23%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 330,356,736. C4 retired at Oak Ridge for drop in compute hours, C6 near production to compensate in Q3. Increase in compute hours is due to allocations starting on C6. Full production in June 2024. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Apr 29, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.61%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 348,936. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. C6 at Oak Ridge will ad 12PF in Q3. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Mar 27, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.48%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 326,424,000. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. C4 retired at Oak Ridge for drop in compute hours, C6 near production to compensate in Q3. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating.
3 Feb 26, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and consistently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.34%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 420,074,304. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk continues to be addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Jan 23, 2024 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.64%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 406,730,880. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. Currently approaching 37PF of available HPC. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk continues to be addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Nov 28, 2023 HPCS continues to be a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.52%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 388,247,520. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. Currently approaching 37PF of available HPC. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Oct 30, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.86%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 406,369,880. R&D HPCS Program risk challenge is a capacity shortfall identified by NOAA Sci Adv 256PF is the ultimate goal to meet 100% requirement. Currently approaching 30PF of available HPC.C5 (Gaea) in production at Oak Ridge. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Sep 14, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.53%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 406,369,059. Currently approaching 30PF of available HPC.C5 (Gaea) in production at Oak Ridge. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Jul 24, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.41%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 256,740,240. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 Jun 27, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.33%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 246,431,452. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 May 30, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.38%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 241,561,913. Progressing with some risk and issues on capacity impacting the rating. The Human Capital risk is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Apr 27, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments:System availability 99.69%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 226,219,294. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Mar 31, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.46%; Data availability 99.94%; Compute hours made available 246,499,756. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Feb 27, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 266,200,000. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Jan 24, 2023 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.56%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 198,942,749. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Nov 28, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.51%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 197,003,286. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Oct 20, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.74%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 199,399,569. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Sep 13, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.53%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 197,097,269. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Jul 26, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.57%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 196,100,030. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
4 Jun 28, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.5%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 196,001,193. Progressing with some risk and issues including a Human Capital risk that is being addressed and partially mitigated.
3 May 31, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.53%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 196,427,7124. Progressing with some risk and issues.
4 Apr 27, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability 99.63%; Data availability 100%; Compute hours made available 195,476,748. Progressing with some risk and issues.
4 Mar 29, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability: 99.58%, Data availability: 99.94%, Compute hours made available: 196,495,054. Progressing as expected with some risk.
4 Feb 25, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. The HPCS investment is in Operational and Maintenance mode and constituently meets and exceeds performance metrics. Accomplishments: System availability: 99.43, Data availability: 100%, Compute hours made available: 193,623,064. Progressing as expected with some risk.
4 Jan 27, 2022 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. Accomplishments: System availability: 99.5% (12/2021), Data availability: 100% (12/2021), Compute hours made available: 196,935,139 (12/2021). Progressing as expected with some risk.
4 Nov 30, 2021 HPCS is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. Accomplishments: System availability: 99.74% (10/2021), Data availability: 100% (10/2021), Compute hours made available: 195,844,721 (10/2021). Progressing as expected with minimum risk.
4 Oct 27, 2021 HPC is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. Accomplishments: System availability 99.21% (9/2021) Data availability 99.89% (9/2021; Compute hours made available 191,028,850 (9/2021). Human Capital is high risk but is being addressed and is partially mitigated.
4 Sep 24, 2021 HPC is a constellation of super computers used by NOAA to perform research and development to improve climate and weather models that is meeting the mission requirements in performance. Accomplishments: System availability 98.96% (8/2021); Data availability 99.92% (8/2021); Compute hours made available 192,694,702 (8/2021). Human Capital is high risk but is being addressed and is partially mitigated.
Data Last Updated On: 09/29/2021
Section E: Investment Spending

Table 1: Distribution by Spending Type

Spending Type PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
DME Costs 0 0 0
O&M Costs 68.267 68.767 0
Total 68.267 68.767 0

Table 2: Distribution by Cost Pools

Cost Pools PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
External Labor 4.926 4.926 0
Facilities & Power 3.53 3.53 0
Hardware 23.51 24.01 0
Internal Labor 4.665 4.665 0
Internal Services 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Outside Services 22.861 22.861 0
Software 1.96 1.96 0
Telecom 6.815 6.815 0
Total 68.267 68.767 0
Cost PoolsCost in millions (M)

Table 3: Distribution by IT Towers

IT Tower PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
Application 0.354 0.504 0
Compute 49.822 50.322 0
Data 0 0 0
Data Center 1.051 1.051 0
Delivery 0 0 0
End User 0 0 0
IT Management 3.41 3.41 0
Network 6.09 6.09 0
Output 0 0 0
Platform 0 0 0
Security & Compliance 1.975 1.975 0
Storage 5.565 5.415 0
Total 68.267 68.767 0
IT TowersCost in millions (M)
Data Last Updated On: 03/31/2025
Section F: Project Detail

Table 1: Project Details

Project Name Project UID Status Planned Total Cost ($M) Cost Variance (%) Planned Start Date Planned End Date Schedule Variance (%) Schedule Variance (Days) TMF Initiative
FY21 R&D HPCS O&M 3804M16002 Complete 0 -0.23 0 0 Not Applicable
FY22 R&D HPCS O&M 3804M16002 Completed 63.1 0 2021-10-01 2022-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
FY23 R&D HPCS O&M 3804M16002 Completed 68 0 2022-10-01 2023-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
BIL Supplemental Funding - FY 22 Infrastructure IIJA 3804M14012 Completed 80 0 2022-08-01 2024-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
DSRA Supplemental Funding - FY22 DIS SUPP PL 117-43 3804M14013 Completed 50 0 2022-05-01 2024-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
FY24 R&D HPCS O&M 3013804001 Completed 68 0 2023-10-01 2024-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
FY25 R&D HPCS O&M 3013804002 In Progress 68 0 2024-10-01 2025-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
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Table 2: Project Related Details

FY21 R&D HPCS O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
FY22 R&D HPCS O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
FY23 R&D HPCS O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
BIL Supplemental Funding - FY 22 Infrastructure IIJA
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
DSRA Supplemental Funding - FY22 DIS SUPP PL 117-43
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
FY24 R&D HPCS O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
FY25 R&D HPCS O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
Section G: Performance Metrics
Metric Description Performance Measurement Category Unit of Measure Reporting Frequency Agency Baseline Capability Measurement Condition Target 2025 CY Latest Actual Result Date of Latest Actual Result Met Target
Cost per teraflop of R&D HPC. This includes all of the costs, including hardware, power, facility, and labor. Financial Performance $/TF Annual 7.096 Under target 8 7.5 2024-09-30 MET
Fairmont HPC System Availability Customer Satisfaction Percentage Monthly 96 Over target 98 99.35 2025-02-28 MET
Climate: Number of regional scale projections for assessments & decision support Strategic and Business Results Number of Projections Semi-Annual 3 Over target 3 3 2024-09-30 MET
Climate: Cumulative number of new decadal prototype forecasts and predictions made with high-resolution coupled climate model Strategic and Business Results Number of Forecasts Semi-Annual 3 Over target 3 3 2024-09-30 MET
Computational Hours made available to users (in Millions) Customer Satisfaction millions of hrs per month Monthly 101.675 Over target 320 571.415 2025-02-28 MET
HPC Data Availability Strategic and Business Results Percentage Monthly 99 Over target 99 100 2025-02-28 MET
Improved treatment of key physical processes in climate models aimed at improving: model performance, understanding of uncertainties, and confidence in climate change projections and predictions. Customer Satisfaction Number of improvements Semi-Annual 3 Over target 3 3 2024-09-30 MET
Percentage uncertainty in possible 21st century sea level rise (0-1m = 100% uncertainty) Customer Satisfaction percentage (%) Semi-Annual 75 Under target 75 75 2024-09-30 MET
ORNL HPC System Availibility Customer Satisfaction Percentage Monthly 96 Over target 98 99.2 2025-02-28 MET