Data analysis and visualization
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Generated by Bill Smyth, University of Oregon, as part of CISL's Breakthrough Science (BTS) campaign. The image, which depicts the turbulent mixing of fresh water and seawater, was produced with VAPOR utilizing DASG's new remote visualization service, HPRGS. The CISL Data Analysis and Visualization Lab provides computing resources and consulting expertise to meet the interactive data exploration needs of the entire NCAR/UCAR scientific community. CISL's state-of-the-art data analysis capabilities play an integral role in the scientific discovery process for groundbreaking research in the geosciences. |
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The Data Analysis and Visualization Lab enhances scientific workflow by providing UCAR's research community with a highly advanced computing environment tailored for the specialized needs of interactive data post-processing, analysis, and visualization. This evolving environment provides a unified state-of-the-art computing environment comprised of powerful, closely coupled, interactive processing and visualization engines and large-capacity high-performance global file systems. We provide direct support to the research community by developing algorithms for relevant visualization and analysis methods and by producing animations and imagery on behalf of the scientific staff.
The goals of this effort are focused on addressing the growing sizes and complexity of scientific problems being researched at UCAR. We have seen a significant increase in resolution and data set sizes that require not only the enhancement of NCAR computational resource capability and capacity, but that also challenge us to provide advanced services and tools. The Data Analysis Services Group works not only to provide a suitable computational environment but also works directly with users to help develop new techniques and algorithms that allow scientists to push the boundaries of discovery. This work supports NCAR's strategic priorities of "Developing and providing advanced services and tools" and "Maintaining an innovative and creative workplace."
The evolution of this facility from a collection of dedicated standalone resources into a tightly coupled unified computing environment is a multi-year process. In FY2007 we made great strides in acquiring and integrating a large-scale shared storage solution and powerful computational and graphics resources. We have enhanced the visualization capabilites through the use of remote desktop graphics software and powerful servers capable of handling today's large data sets. The completion of this integration with an additional computational and visualization enhancement in FY2008 will offer the data post-processing, analysis, and visualization community an entirely new and well-designed facility to tackle today's larger challenges. FY2008 will see additional research into higher-performance storage and file system solutions that are more tightly coupled with UCAR's supercomputing resources.
This ongoing service is supported by NSF Core funds including CSL funding.