NASA | Climate in a Box

NASA | Climate in a Box

Assessment

Interactive Video

Business

5th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Quizizz Content

FREE Resource

The video discusses the challenges of traditional climate modeling, which requires significant resources and supercomputers. It introduces the concept of desktop supercomputers, which are more accessible and cost-effective, allowing researchers to run climate models efficiently. NASA's vision is to democratize climate research by providing standardized tools and procedures, enabling a wider range of scientists to engage in climate studies. The video highlights NASA's role in developing advanced climate models and the technical aspects of these new systems, which can run on both Linux and Windows HPC, using familiar programming languages like Fortran 90.

Read more

2 questions

Show all answers

1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what ways does NASA plan to facilitate the sharing and development of climate research ideas?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

2.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the significance of providing computational models to researchers according to the text?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF