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A Global Climate Model for Research and Education

EdGCM Project Goal. To improve the teaching and learning of climatechange science by providing the education community with access to:. A research quality global climate model (GCM)A user-friendly interface to operate the GCM and organize the resultsEducational materials to make the GCM a useful

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A Global Climate Model for Research and Education

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    2. EdGCM Project Goal To improve the teaching and learning of climate change science by providing the education community with access to:

    3. Achieving Goal #1: Democratization of Advanced Capabilities Putting complex models (e.g., WRF, GCM) into the classroom means the tools must be… Highly intuitive Free of jargon Usable on existing computing resources (CPU power, networks, storage) Entirely web-based and open source Applicable to real world (not “toy”) problems VERY responsive Tied to weather that’s happening RIGHT NOW!

    15. Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping These are examples of the types of data in the PRISM2 setThese are examples of the types of data in the PRISM2 set

    17. 2005 - Warmest Year on Record

    20. Cartesian Grid General Circulation Models

    23. GCM Boundary Condition Data Files The PRISM data set is a series of digital files that represent major components of the climate system- necessary for modeling studies.The PRISM data set is a series of digital files that represent major components of the climate system- necessary for modeling studies.

    26. EdGCM Project Objectives Allow teachers to run a NASA global climate model on a desktop computer, encouraging students to participate in the full scientific process including: experiment design, running simulations, analyzing data and reporting results.

    27. EdGCM Project Objectives Allow teachers to run a NASA global climate model on a desktop computer, encouraging students to participate in the full scientific process including: experiment design, running simulations, analyzing data and reporting results. Facilitate collaborations between the education community and research institutions and among secondary schools and universities. In this way, students will become familiar with the role that teamwork plays in scientific research.

    28. Partnerships One of the things you will find unique about this project is the interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships that have been built into the project from the beginning. Each entity here brings a unique expertise to the overall program: Columbia University - GISS: leaders in COAGCM development and climate modeling studies Duke University - USGS: development of deep ocean temperature paleothermometry using Mg/Ca of ostracodes USGS: expertise in paleoclimate reconstruction and synthesis of paleoceanographic and paleogeographic data for use in climate modeling studies NSF: development and nurturing of VLSI science projects, in this case in the area of paleoclimate and global change.One of the things you will find unique about this project is the interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships that have been built into the project from the beginning. Each entity here brings a unique expertise to the overall program: Columbia University - GISS: leaders in COAGCM development and climate modeling studies Duke University - USGS: development of deep ocean temperature paleothermometry using Mg/Ca of ostracodes USGS: expertise in paleoclimate reconstruction and synthesis of paleoceanographic and paleogeographic data for use in climate modeling studies NSF: development and nurturing of VLSI science projects, in this case in the area of paleoclimate and global change.

    30. Snowball_sim2.R Model II 8/24/2000 Owner: Dr. Mark Chandler, chandler@giss.nasa.gov Group: Paleoclimate Group This experiment simulates a time period approximately 600 million years ago. There is evidence that a “super” ice age occurred that effected even tropical continents. Did the Earth freeze over entirely??? Object modules: MainC9 DiagC9 RadC9 FFTC9 UTILC9 Data input files: 7=G8X10_600Ma 9=NOV1910.rsf_snowball 15=O8X10_600Ma 17= 25=Modern_OceanTransports 19=CD8X10_600Ma 23=V8X10_600Ma 26=Z8X101_600Ma 21=RTAU.G25L15 22=RPLK25 29=Snowball_Earth_Regions Label and Namelist: Snowball_sim2 (Snowball Earth Experiment: 600 million years ago) &INPUTZ TAUI=10176.,IYEAR=1900, KOCEAN=1, SRCOR=.95485638151, S0X=1.,CO2=.31746031746031, USET=0.,TAUE=35040., USESLP=-12., ISTART=3,KCOPY=2,NDPRNT=-1,TAUE=10177.,TAUP=95616., &END

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