Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System

The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) deals with the Earth's surface and the observable and projected changes constantly taking place – the ever-changing dynamic interface between lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere.

CSDMS supports the development, integration, dissemination and archiving of community open-source software, that reflects and predicts earth-surface processes over a broad range of temporal and spatial scales.

Over 500 research institutions from more than 65 countries comprise the community effort. CSDMS distributes hundreds of open-source models and modeling tools, provides access to high performance computing clusters in support of developing and running earth surface models, and offers a suite of products for education and knowledge transfer.

The CSDMS architecture employs frameworks and services that convert stand-alone models into flexible "plug-and-play" components to be assembled into larger applications. CSDMS focuses on the movement of fluids and the sediment and solutes they transport through landscapes, seascapes and sedimentary basins. Began in 2007 under the leadership of James Syvitski, formerly the director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, CO, CSDMS operates under continuing funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to coordinate this national effort related to surface dynamic modeling.

References[]

• Syvitski, J.P.M.; Paola, R.; Slingerland, R.; Furbish, D.; Wiberg, P.; Tucker, G. (2004). Building a community surface Dynamics modeling system rationale and strategy. A Report to the National Science Foundation. State College, Pennsylvania: Penn State University. p. 41.
• Syvitski, J.P.M.; Tucker, G.; Seber, D.; Peckham, S.D.; Seitzinger, S.; Pfeffer, T.; Voinov, A.; Slingerland, R.; Goran, B. (2004). "Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Implementation Plan". doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.32538.13768. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Peckham, Scott D.; Hutton, E.W.H.; Norris, B. (2013). "A component-based approach to integrated modeling in the geosciences: The Design of CSDMS". Computers & Geosciences. 53: 3–12. Bibcode:2013CG.....53....3P. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2012.04.002.
• Peckham, Scott D. (2014). "The CSDMS Standard Names: Cross-domain naming conventions for describing process models, data sets and their associated variables". Proceedings of the 7th Intl. Congress on Env. Modelling and Software, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (IEMSs), San Diego, CA. (Eds. D.P. Ames, N.W.T. Quinn, A.E. Rizzoli).
• Peckham, Scott D.; Kelbert, A.; Hill, M.; Hutton, E.F.W. (2016). "Towards uncertainty quantification and parameter estimation for Earth system models in a component-based modeling framework". Computers & Geosciences. 90: 152–161. Bibcode:2016CG.....90..152P. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2016.03.005.
• Peckham, Scott D. (2008). "Evaluation of model coupling frameworks for use by the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)" (PDF). Proceedings of MODFLOW and MORE 2008: Ground Water and Public Policy Conference, May 18–21, 2008, Golden, CO, 535p, Eds. E.P Poeter, M.C. Hill and C. Zheng. 2007: H53C–1407. Bibcode:2007AGUFM.H53C1407P. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
• Peckham, Scott D.; Hutton, Eric (December 2009). "Componentizing, standardizing and visualizing: How CSDMS is building a new system for integrated modeling from open-source tools and standards". AGU Fall Meeting. 2009: N11A–1045. Bibcode:2009AGUFMIN11A1045P.

External links[]

• NSF Award page