SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

COMPUTER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which type of computer is used for weather forecasting?
A
Super Computers
B
PDA
C
Mainframe Computers
D
Wearable Computers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -NWS super computers hold numerical modeling data for weather forecasting models. These computers make use of virtually all observational data that the NWS collects. This data comes from satellites, weather balloons, buoys, radar, and more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prathyush and Mihir are the supercomputers established at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF), Noida respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Supercomputers are used for data-intensive and computation-heavy scientific and engineering purposes such as quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research and cryptoanalysis.

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