![]() The current version of TaiESM offered pixelated images that are not ideal for research. Simultaneously, there is a dire need to improve image quality. The climate team simulates at least two to four terabytes (TB) of data a day, and their requirements demand seamless climate data exchange, rather than siloed data. The centre predicted that over the next four years, the amount of climate data will grow by at least another 10 PB. The current research data capacity at the climate change research centre is approximately 3 PB. To future-proof and scale their storage so it can handle more research data and analysis reports, the storage equipment needs immediate expansion.Īcademia Sinica’s data growth has far exceeded the capacity of a standard research institute. The existing storage equipment space, performance, and availability rate no longer met the team’s application and workload requirements. In pursuit of the second phase of TaiESM, Environmental Change Research Center needs more data storage capacity to cater to stronger data analysis and higher visual resolutions while managing a structured data surge that is complicated by data growth and data sprawl. The increasing frequency of data exchanges and improved data collection means the team needs always-on availability, speed, and improved data protection. Existing storage availability rates and limited server space no longer meet their application and workload requirements. The climate team of TaiESM needs 10 petabytes (PB) data storage within the next four years to maintain higher resolution images. Such a presence would increase their reputation and recognition in Taiwan and across the globe, enhancing opportunities for global partnerships and data exchanges. Just like the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the research academy aspires to be a global presence through international collaborations that produce and disseminate long-term, credible weather predictions and data usability. ![]() It is slated for use when conducting more research and simulation experiments, collecting additional data, and building a data bank for global access. The improved TaiESM climate prediction model will offer data collection for a global bank that produces and disseminates long-term, accurate forecasts. Our next phase is to keep refining the first version of TaiESM with a goal to develop a fully independent climate prediction module by a Taiwanese team - from core programs to internal modules - that is close to local needs and truly exclusive to Taiwan.” Huang-Hsiung Hsu, CEO of Anthropogenic Climate Change Center and Deputy Director of Environmental Change Research Center at Academia Sinica, said, “Developing our own model encapsulates own distinct features, specifications, technicalities and success. Without a 100% self-developed model, Academia Sinica is unable to call it their own and name it TaiESM. The current version is built on the United States’ Community Earth System Model (CESM). The first phase of TaiESM allowed the climate team to successfully participate in international data exchanges, and even placed the team among the top-ranking countries in each score. At present, the climate team collaborates with many academic teams, including Institute Oceanography, National Taiwan University (IONTU), to provide TaiESM with Academia Sinica modules. Not only was TaiESM recognised for meeting CIMP6 standards, a project supported under WCRP, but the model was cited as a reference in the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2021 by Working Group I (WGI). The model - which is powered by Seagate data-storage systems - allows the team to produce and predict climate data by locally implemented global climate simulations. Last year, the climate team overcame the challenges of mass-data collection and management with the help of the TaiESM model they built exclusively for Taiwan. The climate team from the Environmental Change Center of Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s most prominent research academy, has participated by conducting relevant climate research. In response to this goal, Taiwan is proactively promoting climate change-related legislation and restructuring its environmental departments as a move toward the net zero transition. Reaching net zero by 2050 is an imminent global endeavour. Taiwan is proactively working to reach zero net carbon (ZNC) emissions by 2050, using the TaiESM climate predictive model in collaboration with the Oceanographic Institute at the National Taiwan University.
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