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Responses to Panel Questions

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1) How to Incorporate User Needs/Requirements?

Who?• Data Partners and Science

Stakeholders• Collaborating projects (esp.

climate community), GO-ESSP

• Broader user community How?

• User interviews, surveys• Direct interactions (esp.

stakeholders, science advisors)

• Attending scientific, community & project meetings

Going forward…• Continue with outreach• More w/ WG2, WG3

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8) Number of Registered vs Actual Users

Info provided by Gary Strand for NCAR portal, for 1 April – 11 May 2009

942 unique users They downloaded 20,659

files (~1.5 TB) Ranged from 1 file/user to

2550 files/user Top 20 users by volume

Rank Files Volume (GB)

Rank Files Volume (GB)

1 2307 2818 11 2550 328

2 1819 1067 12 320 320

3 191 889 13 418 262

4 241 872 14 291 258

5 1874 733 15 309 149

6 1703 611 16 167 133

7 619 521 17 33 128

8 144 455 18 222 123

9 575 421 19 130 102

10 316 357 20 79 100

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7) What Will and Will Not be Done at the End of the SciDAC-2 Project?

Based on endpoint envisioned in original proposal

(On track) (Reduced or eliminated due to different between proposed and awarded budget) (Expected redirection)

Operational federated system (metadata, users) for CMIP5 and US climate community• Versioning, replication, bulk data movement, metrics, monitoring, product

services, security Model/observation integration Rich client access Tighter integration of models and data User support, lifecycle maintenance

• Documentation, software packaging & deployment End-user workflow tools, methodologies

• Implement common server-side analyses & derived products GIS integration Reduced, but not eliminated Model intercomparison metrics

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4) Examples of Staffing (Approximate Levels of Effort)

ANL 1.75 FTE• Rachana A. 0.40 FTE• Ian Foster 0.10 FTE• Neill Miller 0.60 FTE• Frank Siebenlist 0.40 FTE

LBNL• Junmin Gu• Vijaya Natarajan• Arie Shoshani• Alex Sim

LLNL 1.35 FTE• Robert Drach 1.00 FTE• Dean N. Williams 0.35 FTE+

LANL• Phil Jones

NCAR 3.3 FTE• David Brown 0.1 FTE• Julien Chastang 0.1 FTE+• Luca Cinquini 0.2 FTE+• Danielle Harper 0.2 FTE• Nathan Hook 0.7 FTE• Don Middleton 0.2 FTE

NCAR (cont.)• Eric Nienhouse 0.5 FTE• Gary Strand 0.1 FTE+• Hannah Wilcox 0.4 FTE+• Nathaniel Wilhelmi 0.8 FTE

RPI• Peter Fox• Patrick West• Stephan Zednik

PMEL• Steve Hankin• Roland Schweitzer

ORNL 1.20 FTE• David Bernholdt 0.20 FTE• Meili Chen 0.50 FTE• Jens Schwidder left ORNL• Sudharshan V. 0.50 FTE

USC/ISI• S. Bharathi• Ann Chervenak• Robert Schuler• Mei-Hui Su

+ Co-sponsorship from other projects

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4) Role of Participants in ESG & Budget

Institution Budget (k$)

Approx. FTE

Work Package

ANL 460 1.75 Security, XC participation

LANL 170 0.50 Operation of data node, ocean analysis, SCRIP

LBNL 320 1.00 Operation of data node, bulk data movement, BeStMan/SRM

LLNL 480 1.35 Operation of CMIP3 portal, next-gen testbed deployment & testing, data node integration, publishing, analysis, product services, collaborations, user support, XC participation, Lead PI

NCAR 422 3.30 Operation of Main portal, next-gen testbed deployment & testing, gateway, collaborations, user support, XC participation

ORNL 350 1.20 Operation of C-LAMP portal & data node, next-gen testbed deployment & testing, software packaging, metrics/monitoring, XC participation

PMEL 180 1.10 Product services (LAS), analysis

RPI 139 1.40 Product services (OPeNDAP)

USC/ISI 230 0.90 Replica location services, data replication, monitoring