Earth System Models are computer programs. They simulate the physical, chemical and biological processes which the Earth's climate system – including atmosphere, oceans and land surfaces, is composed of. These programs naturally are very complex since they comprise processes from very different realms, functioning on length and time scales which span many orders of magnitude.

Session CL45 is dedicated to the development and use of software for Earth System models. This includes attempts to standardize interfaces between the realms mentioned above, in order to facilitate the exchange of data between any two or more climate model components, as well as new software solutions to support coupling these components.

Particular topics covered will be:

• scientific reports on the usefulness of coupling infrastructures and data management
• coupling software and coupling strategies in regional and global models
• strategies and tools for pre- and postprocessing, and facilitation of the handling of the computer simulations.

Among the presenters will be people from leading climate research centres in Europe, as well as representatives from US and Japanese projects, e.g.:

• Guilyardi and Valcke: PRISM: a sustained software infrastructure initiative for the Earth System modelling community abstract
• Steenman-Clark et al.: Metadata for models, an essential element in Earth System Modelling abstract

More info from: Reinhard Budich, MPI Meteorology, Hamburg This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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