About this Provider
Earth system models are computer simulations used to explore the dynamics of the planet’s climate and weather, predict future climate and understand how it is changing.
Our infrastructure provides world-class simulations for climate and weather at different temporal and spatial scales, specifically designed for Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. Our simulations support research and decision-making by underpinning global, national and state climate projections.
We support the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS), which is a computer modelling framework to simulate our Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, sea-ice, and land-surface. Our mission is to accelerate research in Earth system, climate and weather modelling as well as enable new research not currently possible.
We do this through providing software engineering expertise to help create open-source data and tools in collaboration with Australian research communities.
We are a partnership between the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and five Australian universities (Australian National University, University of New South Wales, University of Tasmania, University of Melbourne and Monash University). ACCESS-NRI modelling relies on computational and data resources from high-performance supercomputers operated by Australia’s National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and we also work in collaboration with national and international partners.
Contact Information
- 5 Liversidge Street, Australian National University, ACTON, ACT 2601
TYPE OF CLIENTS
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Our main users are climate, weather and Earth system researchers and research software engineers (the ACCESS Community) who work with and co-create the Australian Climate Community Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS) modelling framework.
We deploy the ACCESS framework (which includes models, tools and data), following quality-control procedures, to the ACCESS community in a way that makes it easier to use.
We also provide a community engagement platform to the ACCESS community, the ACCESS-Hive, an open-source collaborative portal between users and developers of the ACCESS modelling system. (https://forum.access-hive.org.au/)
We can help other researchers, industry and government decision-makers by redirecting enquiries to people within the climate science community who can provide them with climate projections, after running the ACCESS models under different scenarios.
HOW WE CAN HELP
We support, develop, curate and deploy climate and weather models (software, tools and documentation), following quality-control procedures, to the ACCESS community in a way that makes it easier to use, lowering the barrier for innovation.
Is a platform for researchers and research software engineers to co-create the ACCESS framework modelling system and foster a collaborative, interdisciplinary and inclusive research community (https://forum.access-hive.org.au/)
A venue to to get help for the software infrastructure (models, configurations and tools) that is supported by ACCESS-NRI: (https://www.access-nri.org.au/access-support-scheme/)
Services
Our project specific service is developing Earth system models by creating and curating open-source software infrastructure.
Our models underpin weather and climate predictions at different temporal and spatial scales to support decision making in key areas such as agriculture, water security, environment and emergency management, and public infrastructure planning.
Climate models
Software infrastructure
Research software engineering
Weather
Earth system models
Tools
Data
Atmosphere models
Cryosphere models
Land surface models
Climate change
Open-source
Climate simulations
Ocean models
Open-source
Equipment
We are an open-source, software-based infrastructure. We support the ACCESS framework and its community of users.
We deploy climate models, tools and data to the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and make them available to the ACCESS community. We test and support the released models. These models are used to produce climate projections.
We bring 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 innovation.
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Expertise
We provide research software engineering expertise to support the Australian climate model components and configurations. This includes expertise in software development, high performance computing, data management and analysis.
Research Software engineering
Climate modelling
Climate science
Earth-System modelling
Climate simulation
- For more information on running an ACCESS model, data and model evaluation tools that we offer, community resources and ways to collaborate with us, visit the ACCESS-Hive user portal: https://access-hive.org.au/
- To join our Community Forum and ask questions, share information or plan shared activities, join the conversation on the ACCESS-Hive Forum: https://forum.access-hive.org.au/
- To get support from the ACCESS-NRI team or to log a request, follow the instructions here: https://access-hive.org.au/about/user_support/ask_on_forum/
- To join an ACCESS Community Working group: https://www.access-nri.org.au/working-groups/
- To access our compute and storage resources or read our guidelines on how they are allocated, go to: https://www.access-nri.org.au/access-nri-merit-allocation-guidelines/
- For more information about ACCESS-NRI, visit our website https://www.access-nri.org.au/ or contact us at access.nri@anu.edu.au.
