BRAZIL
type: Concept

BR/INPE/CPTEC
type: Concept
change note: 2017-05-08 08:27:02.0 [mmorahan] update AltLabel (Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil);
in scheme: providers
definition: The Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies - CPTEC - of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is the gateway of Brazil to high quality meteorological forecasts. The Center`s supercomputer SX-3/12R, manufactured by NEC Corporation of Japan, has the capacity to process up to 3.2 billion floating point arithmetic operations per second. With this it is possible to use numerical models for simulations of weather and climate, utilizing atmospheric and oceanic information from the whole globe. The results of this objective technique are reliable weather and climate forecasts for the whole country. CPTEC address: Centro de Previsco de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos Rodovia Presidente Dutra, km 40 SPRJ 12630-000, Cachoeira Paulista - SP, Brasil Phone: + 55 - 12 - 560-8400 FAX: + 55 - 12 - 561-2835 CPTEC is also on the World Wide Web. Link to: "http://www.cptec.inpe.br/" Revision_Date: 1998-07-21 IDN_Node: BRAZIL/INPE