Editing History of computing (section)

==Weather prediction==

The numerical solution of differential equations, notably the [[Navier-Stokes equations]] was an important stimulus to computing,
with [[Lewis Fry Richardson]]'s numerical approach to solving differential equations. The first computerized weather forecast was performed in 1950 by a team composed of American meteorologists [[Jule Charney]], [[Philip Duncan Thompson]], Larry Gates, and Norwegian meteorologist [[Ragnar Fjørtoft]], applied mathematician [[John von Neumann]], and [[ENIAC]] programmer [[Klara Dan von Neumann]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Charney |first1=J.G. |author-link1=Jule Gregory Charney |last2=Fjörtoft |first2=R. |author-link2=Ragnar Fjørtoft |last3=von Neumann |first3=J. |author-link3=John von Neumann |date=November 1950 |title=Numerical Integration of the Barotropic Vorticity Equation |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312394119 |journal=[[Tellus A|Tellus]] |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=237–254|doi=10.3402/tellusa.v2i4.8607 |bibcode=1950Tell....2..237C |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Witman|first1=Sarah|title=Meet the Computer Scientist You Should Thank For Your Smartphone's Weather App|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-computer-scientist-you-should-thank-your-phone-weather-app-180963716/|website=Smithsonian|access-date=22 July 2017|language=en|date=16 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Paul N.|title=A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming|year=2010|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=978-0262013925|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vast-machine|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref> To this day, some of the most powerful computer systems on Earth are used for [[weather forecast]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=About Supercomputers |url=https://www.weather.gov/about/supercomputers |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref>