Coordinating an operational data distribution network for CMIP6 data

The distribution of data contributed to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) is via the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). The ESGF is a network of internationally distributed sites that together work as a federated data archive. Data records from climate modelling institutes are published to the ESGF and then shared around the world. It is anticipated that CMIP6 will produce approximately 20 PB of data to be published and distributed via the ESGF. In addition to this large volume of data a number of value-added CMIP6 services are required to interact with the ESGF; for example the citation and errata services both interact with the ESGF but are not a core part of its infrastructure. With a number of interacting services and a large volume of data anticipated for CMIP6, the CMIP Data Node Operations Team (CDNOT) was formed. The CDNOT coordinated and implemented a series of CMIP6 preparation data challenges to test all the interacting components in the ESGF CMIP6 software ecosystem. This ensured that when CMIP6 data were released they could be reliably distributed. No. DE-ACO2-05CH11231 and authors at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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Author Petrie, Ruth
Denvil, Sébastien
Ames, Sasha
Levavasseur, Guillaume
Fiore, Sandro
Allen, Chris
Antonio, Fabrizio
Berger, Katharina
Bretonnière, Pierre-Antoine
Cinquini, Luca
Dart, Eli
Dwarakanath, Prashanth
Druken, Kelsey
Evans, Ben
Franchistéguy, Laurent
Gardoll, Sébastien
Gerbier, Eric
Greenslade, Mark
Hassell, David
Iwi, Alan
Juckes, Martin
Kindermann, Stephan
Lacinski, Lukasz
Mirto, Maria
Nasser, Atef Ben
Nassisi, Paola
Nienhouse, Eric
Nikonov, Sergey
Nuzzo, Alessandra
Richards, Clare
Ridzwan, Syazwan
Rixen, Michel
Serradell, Kim
Snow, Kate
Stephens, Ag
Stockhause, Martina
Vahlenkamp, Hans
Wagner, Rick
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2021-01-29T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Petrie, Ruth, Denvil, Sébastien, Ames, Sasha, Levavasseur, Guillaume, Fiore, Sandro, Allen, Chris, Antonio, Fabrizio, Berger, Katharina, Bretonnière, Pierre-Antoine, Cinquini, Luca, Dart, Eli, Dwarakanath, Prashanth, Druken, Kelsey, Evans, Ben, Franchistéguy, Laurent, Gardoll, Sébastien, Gerbier, Eric, Greenslade, Mark, Hassell, David, Iwi, Alan, Juckes, Martin, Kindermann, Stephan, Lacinski, Lukasz, Mirto, Maria, Nasser, Atef Ben, Nassisi, Paola, Nienhouse, Eric, Nikonov, Sergey, Nuzzo, Alessandra, Richards, Clare, Ridzwan, Syazwan, Rixen, Michel, Serradell, Kim, Snow, Kate, Stephens, Ag, Stockhause, Martina, Vahlenkamp, Hans, Wagner, Rick. (2021). Coordinating an operational data distribution network for CMIP6 data. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7tx3jq2. Accessed 17 June 2025.

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