<s>
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
is	O
a	O
research	O
project	O
by	O
IBM	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
improve	O
short-term	O
local	O
weather	O
forecasting	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
Deep	O
Computing	O
initiative	O
that	O
also	O
produced	O
the	O
Deep	B-General_Concept
Blue	I-General_Concept
chess	B-Application
computer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
local	O
,	O
high-resolution	O
weather	O
predictions	O
customized	O
to	O
weather-sensitive	O
specific	O
business	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
now	O
headquartered	O
at	O
IBM	O
's	O
Thomas	O
J	O
.	O
Watson	B-Application
Research	O
Center	O
in	O
Yorktown	O
Heights	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
project	O
is	O
headed	O
by	O
Lloyd	O
Treinish	O
,	O
who	O
joined	O
IBM	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
after	O
working	O
for	O
12	O
years	O
at	O
NASA	O
's	O
Goddard	O
Space	O
Flight	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
National	O
Oceanic	O
and	O
Atmospheric	O
Administration	O
,	O
IBM	O
scientists	O
built	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
supercomputers	B-Architecture
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
weather	O
modeling	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
RS/6000	I-Device
SP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
arose	O
after	O
the	O
IBM	B-General_Concept
Deep	I-General_Concept
Blue	I-General_Concept
system	O
played	O
and	O
defeated	O
the	O
world	O
chess	B-Application
champion	O
Garry	O
Kasparov	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
November	O
,	O
a	O
journalist	O
used	O
the	O
name	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
in	O
an	O
article	O
,	O
which	O
stuck	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
members	O
of	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
are	O
Lloyd	O
Treinish	O
,	O
Anthony	O
Praino	O
,	O
Campbell	O
Watson	B-Application
and	O
Mukul	O
Tewari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
uses	O
a	O
3D	O
telescoping	O
grid	O
where	O
data	O
from	O
one	O
model	O
feeds	O
into	O
another	O
and	O
is	O
verified	O
with	O
historical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
uses	O
many	O
sources	O
of	O
data	O
to	O
feed	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
,	O
including	O
public	O
satellite	O
sources	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
private	O
sources	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
whatever	O
local	O
sensors	O
and	O
data	O
a	O
location	O
,	O
may	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Watson	B-Application
computer	I-Application
system	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
weather	O
forecasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Input	O
data	O
will	O
be	O
collected	O
from	O
over	O
200,000	O
Weather	O
Underground	O
personal	O
weather	O
stations	O
,	O
weather	O
satellite	O
data	O
,	O
smartphone	B-Application
barometer	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
determine	O
optimal	O
times	O
to	O
plant	O
,	O
irrigate	O
,	O
and	O
harvest	O
crops	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
dynamic	O
environmental	O
conditions	O
of	O
individual	O
farm	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Precision	O
agriculture	O
using	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
could	O
lead	O
to	O
better	O
price	O
points	O
for	O
crops	O
by	O
saving	O
water	O
,	O
allocating	O
labor	O
more	O
effectively	O
,	O
and	O
improving	O
supply	O
chain	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
island	O
nation	O
of	O
Brunei	O
is	O
working	O
with	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
to	O
develop	O
precision	O
weather	O
forecast	O
models	O
to	O
increase	O
rice	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
was	O
used	O
during	O
the	O
1996	O
Atlanta	O
Olympic	O
Games	O
to	O
accurately	O
predict	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
rain	O
during	O
the	O
closing	O
ceremony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
uses	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
to	O
predict	O
the	O
weather	O
at	O
an	O
unprecedented	O
333	O
m	O
resolution	O
,	O
simulating	O
complex	O
airflow	O
patterns	O
over	O
the	O
lake	O
that	O
are	O
crucial	O
to	O
lake	O
currents	O
and	O
nutrient	O
cycling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
York	O
City	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
city	O
to	O
test	O
a	O
full-scale	O
implementation	O
of	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
utilized	O
during	O
the	O
2014	B-Application
FIFA	I-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
and	O
2016	O
Summer	O
Olympics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dublin	O
City	O
Council	O
is	O
working	O
with	O
IBM	O
to	O
help	O
make	O
Dublin	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
city	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
Deep	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
forecasting	O
model	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
predict	O
and	O
issue	O
warnings	O
about	O
incoming	O
flash	O
floods	O
that	O
are	O
impacting	O
businesses	O
and	O
homeowners	O
.	O
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