Curator

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Curator

• Sylvia Murphy murphys_at_ucar.eduJulien Chastang
  chastang_at_ucar.eduLuca Cinquini luca_at_ucar.edu
• http//www.earthsystemcurator.org/
• http//dycore.ucar.edu

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Outline

• What is Curator
• How to get to the workshop gateway
• How to search for dynamical cores (demo)
• How to look at models, simulations, and
  experiments (demo)
• How to create a comparison table (demo)
• Future work on Curator

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What is Curator

• The Earth System Curator project, in partnership
  with the Earth System Grid (ESG), is building a
  web portal that links model components and data
  together via metadata .
• The portal enables components, models,
  simulations, and data to be searched, browsed,
  downloaded, and compared.
• This is especially useful for Model
  Intercomparison Projects (MIPS) and Model
  Component Intercomparison Projects.
• The portal is planned for use in IPCC AR5 as part
  of ESG.
• Other partners include ESMF, Georgia Tech, GFDL,
  and members of the European model metadata
  community.

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Workshop Gateway http//dycore.ucar.edu/
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Table Comparison Interface
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Table Comparison Details

• Select model components
• Select criteria
• Table generated dynamically
• Eventually selections can be placed in a users
  saved workspace

http//dycore.ucar.edu/query/modelComparison.htm
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Example Table Results
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Search Interface
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Example Trackback Page
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Future Work on Curator
ESMF and other model frameworks enable
self-describing model components
XML File
Models export metadata as part ofthe global
attributes of theirhistory files
Metadata harvested directly from the file
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Questions?
Questions?