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Volcanic eruptions and the Viking society – The VIKINGS project and use of HPC resources

The research project VIKINGS is one of the highlighted projects using the Norwegian High-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure SIGMA2 in an annual report for the HPC services. Project leader, Prof Kirstin Krüger has been interviewed in an article about how they use the HPC infrastructure and the research findings so far in the project.

How did volcanic eruptions and their climate impact shape the early history and society of Scandinavia? The researchers in the VIKINGS project at Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo try to find out. Illustration picture: Colourbox.com

The researchers in the research project Volcanic Eruptions and their Impacts on Climate, Environment, and Viking Society in 500–1250 CE (VIKINGS) use the Norwegian high-capacity computing/heavy computing (HPC) infrastructure SIGMA2. The SIGMA2 infrastructure is provided by NRIS (Norwegian research infrastructure services).

The VIKINGS research team uses the HPC-infrastructure to run and store high-resolution climate models and data. In an article at www an in an annual report is the VIKINGS project one of the highlighted research projects that use the HPC infrastructure.

Read the article with interview with project leader Kirstin Krüger here:

Volcanic eruptions and Viking society, SIGMA2/webpages, 10.03.2023.

Published Mar. 22, 2023 1:45 PM - Last modified Apr. 12, 2023 9:26 AM