[Go-essp-tech] CMIP5 Datanode : data access services.

[Sébastien Denvil]

  Hi again,

On 02/05/2011 15:38, Cinquini, Luca (3880) wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
> 	the ESGF security infrastructure can be used for opendap access - infact, this is already working at JPL. Once opendap
> access is configured with security, users can use either a browser or an esg-enabled client to access datasets.

I had a look to the jpl datanode. Very nice, opendap & LAS enabled. Great!

Sébastien

> I will try to write some documentation on the esgf.org wiki either this evening or tomorrow, and then let you try it out...
>
> thanks for raising the issue, I meant to start an email conversation on this but never quite got to it...
>
> Luca
>
> On May 2, 2011, at 7:32 AM, Sébastien Denvil wrote:
>
>>   Dear all,
>>
>> we received increasing demand asking for regional model boundary
>> conditions from CMIP5 simulations. Those datasets are heavy and
>> therefore "wget" is not my favourite answer. I would like this answer to
>> be base on a ESG-F solution and not a home made one.
>>
>> In order to build a meaningful response I would like to know what are
>> the plan regarding the datanode to have :
>> - openDAP enable with CMIP5 filters.
>> - netCDF subsets enable with CMIP5 filters.
>>      * openDAP and/or netCDF subsets will be very useful for those
>> focusing on a specific region (Africa OR Asia for example). They could
>> then extract only the area of interest.
>>
>> - gridFTP enable with CMIP5 filters.
>>      *gridFTP will be very useful for those focusing on many regions
>> and/or doing the CORDEX exercise but without a limited area model. It's
>> very likely that they will download the whole datasets.
>>
>> My understanding is that gridFTP is not fully functional at this point
>> of time and that openDAP and netCDF subsets are not yet secure by the
>> ESG-F security layer.
>>
>> A corollary coming from those questions : Is there a documentation we
>> could refer to if we want to update a production data node?
>>
>> Please refine my understanding.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Sébastien
>>
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>> Sébastien Denvil
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>>
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Sébastien Denvil
IPSL, Pôle de modélisation du climat
UPMC, Case 101, 4 place Jussieu,
75252 Paris Cedex 5

Tour 45-55 2ème étage Bureau 209
Tel: 33 1 44 27 21 10
Fax: 33 1 44 27 39 02


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