When smoke drifts over a city or storms gather on short notice, people need practical answers, not guesswork. We’re turning climate data and models into guidance communities can use.
Climateverse: Making Climate Data Actionable
Project Leads: Satchit Balsari; Caroline Buckee
What we’re building
- An open, plain-language hub that curates climate-risk datasets and makes them easy to find and use.
- Training and feedback loops so local teams can answer place-specific questions about their climate risk with confidence.
What it enables
- Faster, clearer decisions for planners, public-health leaders, and community organizations.
- A model communities can adapt as risks shift and needs grow.
Physics-Aware Foundation Models for Extreme Atmospheric Events
Project Leads: Petros Koumoutsakos; Frank Keutsch
What we’re building
- Weather models that combine physical insight with machine learning and are tested at scale on historical events.
- Comparable evaluations to see where these models add value alongside existing weather forecasts.
What it enables
- Timelier guidance when conditions change quickly.
- Quicker improvement cycles so useful advances reach practice sooner.
About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI
Launched in 2022, the AWS Impact Computing Project is a collaboration between HDSI and AWS. Together, we are reimagining how data science and high-performance computing can be melded to confront society’s most complex challenges.