Dr. Kelsey Druken1, Dr. Romain Beucher1, Dr. Aidan Heerdegen1, Dr. Paige Martin1, Dr. Micael Oliveira1
1ACCESS-NRI, Canberra, Australia
Biography:
Kelsey Druken is the Associate Director for Release Management and responsible for the software, data and training portfolio at ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator. She holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and prior to her current role, was the Associate Director of Data Management at the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI).
Abstract:
ACCESS-NRI is a national research infrastructure (NRI) established to support the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator, or ACCESS. The ACCESS suite of software and data outputs are essential tools used to simulate past and future climate, weather and Earth systems and to support research and decision making within Australia. ACCESS-NRI's mission is to build an open collaborative infrastructure that will accelerate research in Earth system, climate and weather modelling as well as enable new research not currently possible. The facility brings together skills in software development, high-performance computing, data management and analysis to enhance the ACCESS modelling framework, making it easier to use and lowering the barrier for scientific innovation.
To improve usability and uptake of this complex modelling framework, the software, data and training program is comprised of 4 teams that focus on providing open transparent development and release processes, and user training. This presentation will provide an overview of the program’s establishment over our first 2 years. This includes enabling reproducible build and deployment workflows, supporting tools to analyse and evaluate model output, data management and development of training materials. In this presentation, we will also share how we instill our values of openness and community engagement in our development and decision-making processes.
ACCESS-NRI is funded by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program and launched in 2022. This facility is a major collaborative undertaking between the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and five Australian universities, in collaboration with national and international partners.