IS-ENES kick-off meeting – March 30-31, Paris

WP4 - Strengthening the European Network on Earth System Modelling

Partners and general objectives

CERFACS (48), CNRS-IPSL (43), MF (3), MPG (22), MetOffice (6), SMHI (3), KNMI (3), CMCC (4)

In Europe, different ESMs are being developed by different climate research groups:

ESM group atmos ocean sea-ice land ocean biogeo

atmos chem

ARPEGE-NEMO

MF-CNRM ARPEGE

NEMO GELATO ISBA/SURFEX

C-ESM CMCC ECHAM NEMO LIM SILVA PELAGOS

next

COSMOS MPG, MPI, FMI ECHAM MPI-OM JSBACH HAMOCC next

EC-Earth EC-Earth cons.

IFS NEMO LIM

HadGem3

MetOffice UM NEMO CICE JULES UKCA

IPSLCM CNRS-IPSL LMDz NEMO LIM ORCHIDEE NEMO INCA

Strengthening the interactions between those groups so they can share their scientific and technical experience Establishing a network of expertise around ESMs and their technical environment

Benefits will be leveraged by associated services provided through the v.E.R.C.

IS-ENES kick-off meeting – March 30-31, Paris

WP4 - Strengthening the European Network on Earth System Modelling

Tasks

• Task 0: Work package coordination

• Task 1: ESM documentation: • mo 12: ESMs current documentation, incl. description of associated tools and specific “assembling guide” (User Guide).• mo 18: ESM documentation following a subset of CIM metadata.• mo 36: ESM revised documentation following the full CIM metadata.

• Task 2: Networking on common tools and components (OASIS, CDO, NEMO)• mo 24: OASIS complete web site accessible via v.E.R.C.• mo 24: CDO complete web site accessible via v.E.R.C.• mo 24: web NEMO configurations database filled up by NEMO team• mo 48: general coupled model assembling guide based on practical experience• mo 48: web NEMO configurations database filled up by NEMO team and partners

IS-ENES kick-off meeting – March 30-31, Paris

WP4 - Strengthening the European Network on Earth System Modelling

First actions

• ESM documentation:• Groups should get ready to provide documentation & User Guide for month 12• For CIM documentation (mo 18), close contact with METAFOR is needed.

• ARPEGE-NEMO as beta test for the CIM (MF-CNRM & CERFACS)• Other WP4 partners could/should volunteer to be CIM beta testers

• Networking on OASIS• OASIS User meeting, May 25-26, CERFACS, Toulouse

• registrations now open on IS-ENES web site!• OASIS Dedicated User Support

• First Call for applicants in April-May 2009• OASIS web site

• Networking on CDO:• CDO web site

• Networking on NEMO• NEMO configurations database