Toward an Earth system knowledge environment
The development of an Earth System Knowledge Environment (ESKE) is a cornerstone of NCAR's and CISL's strategic plans. Our goal is to continually develop new cyberinfrastructure that may be integrated into powerful, collaborative problem-solving environments. These environments are developed to accelerate the community's ability to engage in research and scientific discovery and construct complex workflows. Our efforts span modeling frameworks, critical scientific data archives, federated data and knowledge systems, digital preservation, collaboration, and analysis and visualization environments.
In many cases our efforts are tied to major interagency, national, and international initiatives, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Polar Year (IPY), the National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP), and the THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE).
Our strategy is to cultivate opportunities to:
- Advance the state of the art through R&D grants complemented by NSF Core funding
- Transition the most promising and effective results into production capabilities that we support and distribute
- Integrate across capabilities to amplify our investments
This section describes CISL's activities and plans that contribute to the realization of the ESKE.