Mike Pritchard

Mike Pritchard is the director of climate simulation research for NVIDIA Research and a professor of Earth system sciences at the University of California, Irvine, where he has led a research lab studying climate dynamics and next-generation atmospheric simulation algorithms since 2013. Mike joined NVIDIA in 2022 and helps direct Earth-2 research, managing a team of researchers exploring the potential of AI to advance weather and climate simulation.

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Posts by Mike Pritchard

NVIDIA Launches Earth-2 Family of Open Models — the World’s First Fully Open, Accelerated Set of Models and Tools for AI Weather

At the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting, NVIDIA today unveiled a new NVIDIA Earth-2 family of open models, libraries and frameworks for weather and climate AI, offering the world’s first...

January 26, 2026

AI Chases the Storm: New NVIDIA Research Boosts Weather Prediction, Climate Simulation

As hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather events occur with increased frequency and severity, it’s more important than ever to improve and accelerate climate research and prediction using the latest...

August 19, 2024

Mike Pritchard

Posts by Mike Pritchard

NVIDIA Launches Earth-2 Family of Open Models — the World’s First Fully Open, Accelerated Set of Models and Tools for AI Weather

AI Chases the Storm: New NVIDIA Research Boosts Weather Prediction, Climate Simulation

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Blowing Off Steam: How Power-Flexible AI Factories Can Stabilize the Global Energy Grid

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