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Some Atlas Applications
Main Areas
  • Chemistry: 40%
  • Physics: 20%
  • Maths and Theory: 17%
  • Engineering: 15%
Weather Forecasting
  • Met Office : New 10-layer 3D model. Using real data, forecast rainfall pattern accurately BUT it took 24 hours of computing!
Satellite Data Processing
  • UK2, UK3 converted IBM tapes to Ampex as background job, and distributed on required media
Quantum Chemistry
  • ATMOL System: Vic Saunders, Martyn Guest
X-Ray Crystallography
  • X-Ray 63 System: John Baldwin, Jim Stewart
Engineering
  • Strength of Scaffold Towers, M6 Bridge Construction, Effluent in Southampton Water, Simulate Hovertrains