Watanabe Kunihiko, Ohfuchi Wataru, Kageyama Akira, Takahashi Keiko, Araki Fumiaki, Kusano Kanya, Hirose Shigenobu, Sasaki Hideharu, Komori Nobumasa, Enomoto Takeshi, Kuwano-Yoshida Akira, Taguchi Bunmei, Hyodo Mamoru, Furuichi Mikito, Miyagoshi Takehiro, Onishi Ryo, Sugimura Takeshi, Baba Yuya, Kida Shin-ichiro, Kawahara Shintaro, Ohno Nobuaki, Kawano Akio, Sugiyama Toru, Shima Shin-ichiro, Hasegawa Hiroki, Kawamura Youji
JAMSTEC Rep. Res. Dev., 9(1) 1_75-1_135, 2009 Peer-reviewed
The operation of the Earth Simulator started in March, 2002, and 7 years have passed. For these years, the Earth Simulator has been used by not only researchers of JAMSTEC but also many researchers of the domestic and international institutions, and many remarkable results have been made. The Earth Simulator Center was established at the same time as the birth of the Earth Simulator. The researchers of the Earth Simulator Center have also developed new simulation technologies.The simulation is the only one method by which we can predict the future scientifically. Therefore, it has the important role in the science as well as the technology which can contribute to the life of the people, and has the important meaning in modeling the future of the human beings.