NYC Port Authority Gets Flood Protection Supercomputer
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$6.6M Five-year Grant to Help Forecast Dangerous Water Conditions
Part of the $6.6 million, five-year grant, will be used to buy a scalable supercomputer to help forecast dangerous water conditions, university officials announced Wednesday. The computer will be named Pharos for the Greek word for "lighthouse," a nod to its lower-tech predecessor. The funds will also buy 26 new sensors for the New York Harbor, which will measure water levels, temperature and salinity every six minutes and transmit that data to Pharos.
Once completed, the forecasting system will be available to the public online. The research will be conducted in Stevens' newly-formed Center for Coastal Resilience and Urban Xcellence (CRUX).
"The forecasts must be communicated to the public in a way that they are easily understood," Alan Blumberg, director of the University's Davidson Laboratory and principal investigator for the research, said in a statement. "Decisions whether to shelter in place or evacuate, or even where to move your car, should be made with confidence and we are hoping that this system once fully deployed, will provide that confidence."
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