Simulating storms to improve building codes

How good is the Wind Loading Standard at estimating wind loads for structures in rugged terrain where direct wind measurements are not available?
Subject: 
Earth Science

Examining the Earth’s electro-magnetic field in 3D

Researchers achieve 80 fold speedup thanks to hardware and support available through NeSI
Subject: 
Earth Science

Forecasting hazards with new adaptive modelling techniques

“Adaptive methods are being used to improve the accuracy and timeliness of wind, wave and tsunami forecasts”
Subject: 
Earth Science

Modelling glaciers of the Southern Alps

"Without this fantastic resource, high resolution modelling of large ice sheet domains would be impossible."
Subject: 
Earth Science
Visualisation of turbulence

Advancing computational fluid dynamics

Researcher uses NeSI and discovers that his 24h computation takes 2.5min
Subject: 
Earth Science

Digital support in a national crisis

In the two weeks immediately following the February earthquake, eResearch handled more than 660 GB of data storage and distribution requirements of various agencies and groups across New Zealand through the BeSTGRID DataFabric.
Subject: 
Earth Science