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IntroductionData Management in weather & climate modeling

Nicolas Gruber

March 5, 2018

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A changing landscape…The week before last

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Two months ago

A changing landscape…

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The first thread: open access, open data

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http://www.snf.ch/en/theSNSF/research-policies/open_research_data/Pages/data-management-plan-dmp-guidelines-for-researchers.aspx

The first thread: open access, open data

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Wilkinson et al. (2015)

The first thread: open access, open data: FAIR

FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.

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The 2nd thread: The reproducibility crisis

Baker et al. (2006) NATUREA very substantial fraction of our work is conceived as not being reproducible

95 surveyed

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The 2nd thread: The reproducibility crisis

Baker et al. (2006) NATURE

Note also the lack of ability to reproduce its own result! Own results

Someone else’s

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The 2nd thread: The reproducibility crisis

Baker et al. (2006) NATURE

But the unavailability of method and code play an important role, too!

The most important reason is “selective reporting” and “pressure to publish”

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The 3rd thread: The data explosion

https://www.scality.com

NASA, UGS

NOAA

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Many open questions

Baker et al. (2006) NATURE

SCIENCE POLICY

How can we assist the researchers to implement the policies?

How can we ensure that the resources are adequately available?

IMPLEMENTATION

What should the data management policies in our field be?

What does reproducibility mean in our field?

EXAMPLES

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Part I: Information Event

08:45 DM in weather & climate modeling (N. Gruber, C2SM)

09:00 DM planning (A. Sesartic, ETH Library)

09:30 Active research data management (C. Barillari, ETH SIS)

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Publication of data (B. Hirschmann, ETH Library)

11:00 Data practices at IAC (U. Beyerle, IAC)

11:15 Data practices at WSL (K. Plattner, WSL)

11:30 General discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

Today’s event and workshop…

Part II: Workshop

13:00 Introduction (C. Schnadt, C2SM)

13:10 Change rooms

13:15 Discussion of topics in four groups

13:45 Walk back to LEE D105

13:50 5” presentations +10” discussion per group and topic

14:50 Conclusions

15:00 Coffee (LEE D131)