Easier

The Easier modules primary goal is to make complex climate data more accessible and user-friendly. While high-resolution models have the capacity to generate more granular data profiles, model outputs have to be contextualized and made accessible in order to become easily applicable for end-users. By reevaluating traditional practices, Easier aims to bridge thise usability-gap between the advanced climate simulations produced by the high resolution models of ICON and IFS as well as observational ESA/EUMETSAT/Copernicus data streams, addressing the needs of users who require actionable climate information.

Easier achieves this by developing workflows that simplify the interpretation of climate data, making it more intuitive and reproducible. It focuses on addressing the challenges posed by high-resolution climate models, ensuring that users can easily access and understand the wealth of information they generate.

Easier´s key objectives include the creation of a federated data system and the development of tools to analyze climate data efficiently. This involves preparing workflows to manage large-scale data streams envisioned in WarmWorld, establishing standardized access to simulation systems across institutions, and creating prototype analysis workflows that abstract complexity from the data sources.

The part of establishing standardized access across simulation systems and across institutions by expanding the FDB/MARS-language workflow to ICON is referred to as the Mission to Mars. A new concept, Futures, will be introduced to virtualize data. Futures will be used to provide derived quantities and to extract features from output. It could also be extended to re-run old or start new experiments.

Central to Easier’s approach is collaboration, with partners including leading institutions such as the DKRZ (German Climate Computing Centre), the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts), and the University of Cologne. Together, they work on making climate data more accessible and actionable for users across various fields and institutions.

Partners