Date: February 13-14, 2006
Location: MPI-M&D, Hamburg

Agenda

Day 1 (Monday 13th): Data Management (1/2 day)
Data Storage in file archives & data base systems:

• 1330 File Archives & NetCDF

• 1400 CERA Database System and NetCDF

• 1430 Break

• 1500 Regional Model CLM and NetCDF

• 1530 NetCDF-enabling an Oracle database using Java (experience from UK DEWS project)

• 1545 Discussion:
  • How does NetCDF compare to GRIB in database storage?
  • What is the ideal data atom in a tape archive/database?
  • Can a standard data storage structure be defined for Earth System model output?

• 1900 (or 2000) workshop dinner (if desired)

Day 2 (Tuesday 14th): Post Processing(1/2 day)

• 0900 cdo postprocessing tool

• 0930 Overview of coco progress

• 1000 CDAT in the BADC infrastructure: building tools around it - including
  1. The case for rejecting CDAT and
  2. The case for building on CDAT.

• 1030 Break

• 1100 SRE Monitoring tool (cdat & tttwww )(cdo & GrADS & tttww)

• 1130 Discussion about cdat and cdo:
  • Problems with CDAT - can we collect and feed back to PCMDI.
  • Development plans for cdo.
  • I/O
    - shouldn't we be seeking a community wide solution for data conversion?
    - a single library, written in C, that reads/ writes NetCDF, GRIB (1 & 2), HDF 5?, other?
  • Visualisation tools
    - what else is out there in the open-source arena?
    - PyNGL/PyNCL, GMT, Mat Plot Lib, GNU Plot?.
    - Is the best approach to attach specific visualisations to specific tools that do them best?

• 1330 end