C3S_34e Meeting with Ouranos and CRIM: 18th Novober 2021 about 34e-mngmt

[agstephens]

Notes - C3S_34e Meeting with Ouranos and CRIM: 28th October 2021

Actions:

• AS/TL: Set up a workshop/sprint
• TL: Keep Francis in the loop of workflow discussions
• TL/AS: Follow on LPS abstract(s)

1. Minutes and actions from previous meeting

Previous minutes: #107

Previous actions

None

2. Project update: c3s_34e [Ag]

• fixes for decadal (DCPP) runs for C3S:

  • still in progress

• clisops updates:

  • monthly and annual averaging
    • we agreed that breaking up clisops.core into many small/specific functions would be appropriate

• STAC meeting with CMIP6 in Cloud meetings:

  • planning frontend and backend technical meetings - will send out very soon

• PyWPS update:

  • moving to v4.5

3. Project updates: relevant Ouranos/CRIM projects [David/Tom]

Ouranos (DH):

• xESMF:
  • bug fixes for spatial averaging
  • previously: moved from scipy to sparse array backend
  • NOTE: avoid version 0.6.1 of xESMF to avoid the above issue
• Working on tests for clisops subsetting before averaging
  • wait for xESMF release, then merge PR and create new release

CRIM (TL):

• 2 colleagues volunteered to engage with CWT/STAC work
• Living Planet Symposium:
  • could we put a joint abstract in?
  • title: "...climate services...reinterpret...our vision for delivering them..."?
• Phil Kershaw to give keynote speech at project mtg
• CRIM is currently leading on the S2S (Sub-seasonal to Seasonal) prediction system for ECMWF/WMO - using Machine Learning:
  • system can generate predictions for time/region
  • 5-10% better than using climatologies
• CSA project on thematic exploration platforms (for EO)

4. Discussion topics:

• OGC Climate Change Service Pilot
• ESGF CWT
• ESA Tiger Team on platform interoperability

5. Agree next steps and next meeting

Next meeting date: Thursday 16th December