NETL’s Joule 2.0 Supercomputer Helps Study Extreme Wave Threat in the Gulf of Mexico

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NETL’s Joule 2.0 Supercomputer Helps Study Extreme Wave Threat in the Gulf of Mexico

NETL researchers successfully used the Laboratory’s Joule 2.0 supercomputer to create synthetic physics-based tropical cyclone wave simulations that help provide insights into the behavior of extreme waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Extreme waves are one of the most destructive forces in the Gulf of Mexico, known to have destroyed and damaged thousands of offshore structures. Since extreme events are rare, historical observations of events over the …