A new Web-enhanced version of the most commonly used climate modeling system, TeraGrid, will allow many more scientists to test theories about the Earth's climate. Called the Community Climate System Model (CCSM), the new version is actually a collection of interconnected modeling systems. CCSM contains separate climate models using data from the atmosphere, oceans, land surfaces, and ice fields and then brings the models together in yet another system known as a coupler.

"Our hope is to roll this out to a broader community," said Matt Huber, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue University. "Researchers on the cutting edge of science can use this tool, but so can high school students who want to run their own climate models. They will generate equal output."

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