::Contents

1.Preface

Starting Journal of the Earth Simulator
– Dawning of New Era in Simulation Science –

Tetsuya Sato

2.The Current Status of the Earth Simulator

3.Atmospheric and Oceanic Simulation

1) 10-km Mesh Meso-scale Resolving Simulations of the Global Atmosphere
on the Earth Simulator
– Preliminary Outcomes of AFES (AGCM for the Earth Simulator) –

Wataru Ohfuchi, Hisashi Nakamura, Mayumi K. Yoshioka, Takeshi Enomoto,
Koutarou Takaya, Xindong Peng, Shozo Yamane, Teruyuki Nishimura,
Yoshio Kurihara and Kozo Ninomiya

2) A Fifty-Year Eddy-Resolving Simulation of the World Ocean
– Preliminary Outcomes of OFES (OGCM for the Earth Simulator) –

Yukio Masumoto, Hideharu Sasaki, Takashi Kagimoto, Nobumasa Komori,
Akio Ishida, Yoshikazu Sasai, Toru Miyama, Tatsuo Motoi, Humio Mitsudera,
Keiko Takahashi, Hirofumi Sakuma and Toshio Yamagata

4.Solid Earth Simulation

1) Modeling of global seismic wave propagation
on the Earth Simulator

Seiji Tsuboi, Dimitri Komatitsch, Chen Ji and Jeroen Tromp

2) Reproducing Core-Mantle Dynamics and Predicting
Crustal Activity Through Advanced Computing

Mitsuhiro Matsu’ura