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Global Modeling Initiative (GMI)
Global Modeling Initiative (GMI)
SSSO provides significant
computational and software support to the Global
Modeling Initiative (GMI). The GMI project brings together researchers
from multiple government, academic, and corporate institutions to assess
the impact of various natural and anthropogenic perturbations on atmospheric
composition and chemistry. The primary means of investigation is through
the use of the state-of-the-art GMI chemistry and transport model.
One of the most important roles of the SSSO team within the GMI project
is that of software stewardship for the GMI model. In addition to routine
maintenance and porting, the SSSO is responsible for extending the capabilities
of the model. Such extensions range from the introduction of new model
diagnostics which enable researchers to ask novel questions, to the integration
of new software components contributed from the GMI community.
As GMI investigators require new simulations of the Earth's atmosphere
to study a particular set of phenomena, SSSO team members perform the
appropriate production runs and/or sensitivity experiments. All model
outputs are archived and made available to GMI researchers.
Perhaps one of the most significant contributions that SSSO has brought
to the GMI project is detailed documentation of the model. Such documentation
includes a tutorial, which for the first time enables GMI members outside
to the core team to perform their own smaller computational runs on desktop
workstations.
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