METAFOR project funded under FP7 Capacities Programme |
December 06 2007 |
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The PRISM-led METAFOR project (Common Metadata for Climate Modelling Digital Repositories) has recently been funded by the FP7 EU Capacities programme.Climate science plays an increasingly important role for European policy-makers and private sector companies. Basic research and development of effective strategies to mitigate climate change and deal with its impact on society are required, involving a wide range of experts from multiple disciplines. These expert need to access climate data, in particular data from model projections for the next decades and centuries, and to assess the suitability of that data for their purposes. Currently, even if large repositories of climate data are accessible, these repositories are poorly connected and described. The data is therefore difficult to understand, compare and exploit because there is no common information paradigm. The main objective of METAFOR is to define a Common Information Model (CIM) that describes in a standard way climate data and the models that produce the data. METAFOR will build on existing metadata (data describing data) currently used in existing data repositories and address issues like metadata fragmentation, gaps, or duplication. In close interaction with related initiatives at the international level, METAFOR will propose solutions to identify, access and use the climate data in these repositories. To support the adoption of the CIM, METAFOR will build CIM-based tools and services, allowing specific data and models to be found and compared between holdings at partner sites. METAFOR will therefore optimise the way climate data infrastructures are used to store knowledge, thereby adding value to primary research data for an increasingly wide range of stakeholders. METAFOR will take the first step in doing for climate data what search engines have done for the Internet: it will put users of climate data in touch with the information they need. Simply unlocking existing climate data repositories for new communities will provide new exciting opportunities for scientific research, policy making, and private sector competitiveness. This 3-year project, starting march 2008, and awarded 2.2 M euros, is a direct expansion of the PRISM metadata area of expertise. Further details can be found on the METAFOR website. For more information, please contact the project coordinator: |
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"Session on Earth System Modeling: Strategies and Software" at the EGU 2008 |
November 21 2007 |
| European Geosciences General Assembly Vienna, Austria, 13 - 18 April 2008. Earth System Modelling: Strategies and Software (ESSI5) Earth & Space Science Informatics Division Deadline for submission of abstracts: 14 January 2008 |
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Springer Publisher has launched new journal - Earth Science Informatics |
August 28 2007 |
Springer Publisher has launched a new journal entitled Earth Science Informatics (ESIN) and is now accepting submissions. The online Manuscript Submission and Tracking System Editorial Manager (EM) has been successfully implemented for the Earth Science Informatics (ESIN) journal, and is open for new submissions at https://www.editorialmanager.com/esin For the first two years free access to the journal is provided. This international, English-language journal will publish original, interdisciplinary articles in all aspects of informatics dealing with the Earth system. Informatics is the science that deals with the application of formal and computational methods to the systematic analysis, management, interchange, and representation of information and knowledge. It includes geoinformatics, bioinformatics, ecoinformatics, and hydroinformatics as sub-disciplines. Earth Science Informatics, as a special iscipline, focuses on two major aspects: (I) the formal representation of the spatial and temporal hierarchical structure of, and relationship between, entities in the Earth system and (II) the design, development, and application of computational tools to acquire, store, analyse, visualise, manage, model, represent, utilise and communicate information about spatio-temporal dynamics of the Earth system to an interdisciplinary audience. Editor in Chief: Hassan Babaie (Dep Geoscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA) Publishing Editor: Chris Bendall (Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany) For further information please contact Rene Redler or Reinhard Budich. |
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Springer Publisher will launch new journal - Earth Science Informatics |
May 02 2007 |
| Springer Publisher will lauch a new journal entitled Earth Science Informatics in 2008 and is now accepting submissions. For the first two years free access to the journal is provided. This international, English-language journal will publish original,interdisciplinary articles in all aspects of informatics dealing with the Earth system. Informatics is the science that deals with the application of formal and computational methods to the systematic analysis, management, interchange, and representation of information and knowledge. It includes geoinformatics, bioinformatics, ecoinformatics, and hydroinformatics as sub-disciplines. Earth Science Informatics, as a special iscipline, focuses on two major aspects: (I) the formal representation of the spatial and temporal hierarchical structure of, and relationship between, entities in the Earth system and (II) the design, development, and application of computational tools to acquire, store, analyse, visualise, manage, model, represent, utilise and communicate information about spatio-temporal dynamics of the Earth system to an interdisciplinary audience. Editor in Chief: Hassan Babaie (Dep Geoscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA) Publishing Editor: Chris Bendall (Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany) For further information please contact Rene Redler or Reinhard Budich. |
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EGU 2007 Session on "Earth System Modeling: Strategies and Software" (Session **CL38/GI12) |
March 29 2007 |
| This session is dedicated to the development and use of software for Earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between computational science and Earth system science. Contributions to this session address the use of common modelling environments and data management, strategies and tools for pre- and post-processing, and software solutions and strategies to support coupled regional and global models. Tuesday, 17 April 2007 Oral Presentations: Lecture Room 14 / 15:30-17:00 Poster Presentation / Halls X/Y / 7:30-19:00 Listed in Geoscience Instrumentation and Data Systems Climate: Present, Past and Future |
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New PRISM Areas of Expertise Launched |
July 06 2006 |
| New PRISM Areas of Expertise lauched: call for contribution. Full details can be found here. |
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PRISM Metadata Meeting |
April 12 2006 |
| Date: 9-12th May 2006 Location: Met Office, Exeter, UK The aim is to have led, in-depth discussions on metadata topics around climate modelling and to prepare for those going to GO-ESSP. Full details of the meeting, how to register and an agenda is available on the PRISM website under meetings. |
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EGU 2006 Session on "Earth System Modeling: Strategies and Software" |
February 22 2006 |
| Further information about the EGU session CL45 is now available. Date: Tuesday, 4 April 15:30 - 19:00 For details about the oral programme please see http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/oral_programme.php?p_id=185&s_id=3653 Details on the poster session is listed here http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/poster_programme.php?p_id=185&s_id=3653 The general assembly takes place in Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006. See the EGU 2006 home page: http://www.cosis.net/members/frame.php?url=meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/ |
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EGU 2006 Session on "Earth System Modeling: Strategies and Software" |
January 20 2006 |
| Session information can be viewed at: http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=185&s_id=3653 The general assembly takes place in Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006. For further details please see the EGU 2006 home page: http://www.cosis.net/members/frame.php?url=meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/ |
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PRISM Meeting on Data Management and Post Processing |
January 17 2006 |
| Date: 13-14 February 2006 Location: MPI-M&D, Hamburg For further details and to view the Agenda please go to: http://prism.enes.org/news_meetings/meetings.php |
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