CariCOOS operates two high performance computing facilities that perform data management, communications, and computationally intensive modeling. These facilities run operational ocean and atmospheric models like ROMS, SWAN, and WRF to produce forecasts and reprocess historical data. CariCOOS also utilizes observational data from assets like satellites, buoys, radar, and meteostations. All observational and modeling data is made available to users through the CariCOOS data management system and is divided into observational and modeling data products. The facilities have backup power and cooling to ensure business continuity of operations.

1. CariCOOS Computer/Network InfrastructureCariCOOS Computer/Network Infrastructure
José B. Rodríguez Rueda and Dr. Jorge Capella
Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
UPRM Center for Applied Ocean Science Engineering
OVERVIEW
ASSETS
• Internet Service Providers (ISP) like AT&T are the back bone of data gathering and transmission, from and to all
assets and required servers.
• Observational assets provide historical data to be used as input and model validation.
• Models and forecasts include but are not limited to: wind, waves and currents. Operational models have resources
priority over experimental versions. Experimental models run in sandbox environments.
MODIS Satellite Data Buoy Datawell Buoy Meteostation CODAR HF Radar
COMMUNICATIONS CONCEPTUAL MAP MAGUEYES ISLAND SERVERS
UTILITIES UPR R&D BUILDING SERVERS
Data Buoy
Meteostation
Cell
Tower
To maintain
business
continuity, both
of CariCOOS
installations
have industrial
grade Power
Generator and
Temperature
Control.
Left: Cluster, home of the
ROMS Model. Contains
224 CPU’s and 284 GB
of RAM in total.
Right: From the top;
Blue2,Ventus,SWAN-
WRF1km(32CPUs,
250GB RAM),Thredds
and batteries.
CariCOOS dual High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities at Isla Magueyes and UPRM perform the bulk of our
Data Management and Communications (DMAC) activities and computationally intensive modeling. The Weather
Research Forecast (WRF), ocean circulation model ROMS, Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN), ADCIRC-SWAN
coastal inundation, Bouss2D, and many others, are all run in-house. SWAN, ROMS and WRF are executed in
operational mode while others are used in a process-oriented fashion. The Navy’s AMSEAS model output is also
widely utilized. Our observational and modeling data is a reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized
manner suitable for communication, interpretation, and processing. For this purpose CariCOOS divides its products
in two sections, observational assets and modeling assets, which are available for any users, scientific and leisure
alike.
Internet
SWAN ROMS WRF 1KM
SWAN
THREDDS
Data
Battery
FVCOM
Battery
Codar+
XBeach
WRF 2k
ROMS
SUMMARY