[Go-essp-tech] Change of institute name

[Karl Taylor]

Hi Sylvia,

The current list of official institute and model names can be found at:
http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/CMIP5_modeling_groups.pdf

The list of CMIP5 experiment names can be found at:
http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_Appendix1-1.pdf

These are accessible from several points in the CMIP5 website.

The first document will be updated once I hear from the FGOALS and the 
ACCESS modeling contacts to reflect their desires.

We have asked the modeling groups to record these names as global 
attributes (model_id and institute_id) in the netCDF files, but 
sometimes they have instead recorded slight variants on the official 
names. (for example using lower case in place of upper case).  Whatever 
is passed as a model_id to CMOR will be recorded without modification, 
but CMOR also creates a file name, where certain "forbidden" characters 
--   e.g., ".", "(", and ")"  -- in the model_id get replaced by a 
hyphen.  Thus, the model_id may appear in modified form in the filename.

When datasets are published, I think by default the model_id gets 
transcribed from the files to the database (and catalog??).  The 
publisher can, however, override the default with some other model 
identifier, but I'm not sure about this.

Because we can't easily enforce that modeling groups be consistent in 
specification of model_id, inevitably there may be discrepancies between 
the table we've posted on the web (see above) and what is found in the 
netCDF files.  Also, we can't prevent folks from overriding the default 
value used in the ESG publication process, so I think inconsistencies 
can again be introduced.  I don't know whether/how the Metafor 
questionnaire enforces consistency.

I don't know how big a problem all this is, but the differences, if any, 
I think are minor.

Please let me know if you have suggestions for *easy* ways to enforce 
better consistency.  [Also, if  anyone cares to clarify how the 
model_id's get into ESG and the search engine, that might be helpful.]

Best regards,
Karl


On 1/20/12 7:03 AM, Sylvia Murphy wrote:
> HI Everyone,
> One other key area of conformity is to ensure that the model name on 
> this spreadsheet is also what is in the CMIP5 questionnaire.  This is 
> required to make the data/metadata connection work effeciently.
> Thanks,
> Sylvia
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Karl Taylor <taylor13 at llnl.gov 
> <mailto:taylor13 at llnl.gov>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Muhammad,
>
>     As others have suggested there are a number of places where your
>     model and institute names get posted.  The process starts when you
>     record/update this information on the attached spreadsheet. Please
>     pay special attention in the model and institute i.d.'s to whether
>     characters are upper or lower case.  You should make every effort
>     to make sure the global attributes -- model_id and institute_id --
>     in the netCDF file are consistent with what you enter on the
>     spreadsheets.
>
>     Please don't modify anything on the spreadsheets, other than the
>     information in the yellow boxes on the ACCESS1.0 spreadsheet. 
>     There is no need to reenter the information on the "groups"
>     spreadsheet.
>
>     Once you return these spreadsheets, I'll make sure all references
>     on our website and in the ESG are consistent with your entries.
>
>     thanks and best regards,
>     Karl
>
>     On 1/18/12 4:27 PM, Muhammad Atif wrote:
>>     Hi All,
>>
>>     We are supposed to publish data for ACCESS model. The original
>>     institute name for this model was CAWCR, but it has been decided that
>>     the modeling institute should be CSIRO-BOM. Is there anything that ESGF
>>     needs to do for this?
>>
>>     Regards
>>
>
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