ESM-Tools version 5.0: a modular infrastructure for stand-alone and coupled Earth system modelling (ESM)

Earth system and climate modelling involves the simulation of processes on a wide range of scales and within and across various compartments of the Earth system. In practice, component models are often developed independently by different research groups, adapted by others to their special interests...

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Published inGeoscientific Model Development Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 4051 - 4067
Main Authors Barbi, Dirk, Wieters, Nadine, Gierz, Paul, Andrés-Martínez, Miguel, Ural, Deniz, Chegini, Fatemeh, Khosravi, Sara, Cristini, Luisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 30.06.2021
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Adaptation
Atmospheric models
Biogeochemistry
Climate models
Components
Computer programs
Cooperation
Coupling
Earth
Glaciation
High level languages
Hydrologic models
Hydrology
Ice sheet models
Ice sheets
Infrastructure
Intercomparison
Modelling
Ocean models
Programming languages
Sheet modelling
Simulation
Software
Workflow
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Summary:Earth system and climate modelling involves the simulation of processes on a wide range of scales and within and across various compartments of the Earth system. In practice, component models are often developed independently by different research groups, adapted by others to their special interests and then combined using a dedicated coupling software. This procedure not only leads to a strongly growing number of available versions of model components and coupled setups but also to model- and high-performance computing (HPC)-system-dependent ways of obtaining, configuring, building and operating them. Therefore, implementing these Earth system models (ESMs) can be challenging and extremely time consuming, especially for less experienced modellers or scientists aiming to use different ESMs as in the case of intercomparison projects.
ISSN:1991-9603
1991-959X
1991-962X
1991-9603
1991-962X
DOI:10.5194/gmd-14-4051-2021