Draft2:Earth System Grid Federation

The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) is an international collaboration for the software that powers most global climate change research, notably assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

ESGF manages the first-ever decentralized database for handling climate science data, with multiple petabytes of data at dozens of federated sites worldwide. It is recognized as the leading infrastructure for the management and access of large distributed data volumes for climate change research. It supports the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), whose protocols enable the periodic assessments carried out by the IPCC.

Using a system of geographically distributed peer nodes—independently administered yet united by common protocols and interfaces—the ESGF community holds the premier collection of simulations and observational and reanalysis data for climate change research.

The partnership is with Los Alamos National Laboratory

Official Site - esgf.llnl.gov

DOE's role

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• What is DOE's role?
• Which portions of DOE are involved?
• If know, does DOE provide funding?
• Was DOE involving in its creation?

Mission/Objectives

The ESGF mission is to:

• Support current CMIP6 activities, and prepare for future assessments
• Develop data and metadata facilities for inclusion of observations and reanalysis products for CMIP6 use
• Enhance and improve current climate research infrastructure capabilities through involvement of the software development community and through adherence to sound software principles
• Foster collaboration across agency and political boundaries
• Integrate and interoperate with other software designed to meet the objectives of ESGF: e.g., software developed by NASA, NOAA, ESIP, and the European IS-INES
• Create software infrastructure and tools that facilitate scientific advancements

Stakeholders

It is an interagency and international effort led by the Department of Energy (DOE), and co-funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and international laboratories such as the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ), the Australian National University (ANU) National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), and the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

History

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Meetings

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Related links

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External links

• Official website

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