Australia’s climate simulator, ACCESS-NRI, is a National Research Infrastructure (NRI) created to support development and research with the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) modelling system.
ACCESS is a computer modelling framework for research with atmospheric, ocean, sea-ice, and land surface models coupled to a range of chemical and biological models. ACCESS is the largest coupled modelling system developed in the Southern Hemisphere.
ACCESS-NRI currently supports critical modelling and research that contributes to IPCC reports, seasonal and regional forecasting, and climate adaptation policy, among many other uses.
This facility is a major collaborative undertaking between the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), and five Australian universities, in collaboration with national and international partners. ACCESS-NRI is enabled by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
