Max Suarez (PI)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
suarez@janus.gsfc.nasa.gov

Development of Standard Implementation Practices and Productivity Software for ESMF-Based MAP Systems

Initial experience using the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) has identified the need to standardize the way the framework is implemented in climate models and assimilation systems.  Here, we propose to extend the framework by developing usage standards and software tools for building ESMF compliant components.  The proposed developments will (1) facilitate the porting of existing codes to ESMF, (2) provide tools and a straightforward recipe for building new ESMF components, and (3) provide much greater interoperability between compliant components than between current ESMF compliant components. We also propose to implement the tools and standards being proposed in the GEOS-5 AGCM, one of the core systems of the MAP program, as well as in several other climate models. We anticipate that their use by other MAP investigators and by the MAP integration group will greatly facilitate the inclusion of diverse applications in MAP systems and enhance the compatibility of these systems and their products with those of other national and international efforts with which we will be collaborating. 

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