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→ Successful Summer Institute on Deltas and Coasts, August 2011

NCED and CSDMS taught the Summer Institute on Earth-Surface Dynamics for 30 graduate students and young faculty. The 2011 topic was 'Coastal processes and delta evolution' and students learned from worldwide experts on the state-of-the-art understanding of these processes. The course took place at the St. Anthony Falls laboratory. Students were able to design an physical tank experiment, simulating a delta prograding into a basin with several sea level cycles. Another highlight was hands-on computer modeling to learn about validation of hydrological models, to learn about the effects of damming on coasts and how to all run these simulations on a remote supercomputer. It all came together on a last day of student presentations and last numerical model simulations. See here:Impressions of the Summer Institute 2011

→ NCED and CSDMS announce the Summer Institute on Deltas and Coasts, March 2011

NCED and CSDMS announce the Summer Institute on Earth-Surface Dynamics, designed to engage young scientists in a focused topic in Earth-surface dynamics. NCED shares expertise on laboratory experiments and fieldwork and CSDMS brings numerical modeling experiments. This two-week institute invites students and young faculty to participate in integrated modeling.
The topic of the 2011 Summer Institute is ‘Coastal Processes and the Dynamics of Deltaic Systems’. It will be held August 10-19th, 2011. Applications are open from April 1st to May 14th, 2011.
We will focus on the biophysical status and predictive evolution of deltas. We will investigate coupled models of erosion, deposition, and vegetation; responses to up- and downstream anthropogenic perturbations; and how predictive modeling can be used for restoration of these delicate ecosystems. Hands-on learning opportunities will include the exploration of physical experiments as well as an intensive unit on the use of delta modeling tools available through CSDMS. The Summer Institute is a stimulating environment for learning, bonding, mentoring and life-long academic partnerships. Read more and apply on the NCED page on summer institute 2011.

→ Mohamad Nasr-Azadani receives the CSDMS Modeling Award 2010, February 2011

Congratulations! It is our great pleasure to award the CSDMS Student Modeler 2010 to Mohamad Nasr-Azadani, University of California at Santa Barbara, for his submission of, ‘TURBINS: An immersed boundary, Navier-Stokes code for the simulation of gravity and turbidity currents interacting with complex topographies.’
The CSDMS Student Modeler Award is an annual competitive award for graduate students from Earth and computer sciences who have completed an outstanding research project which involved developing an Earth science model (terrestrial, coastal, marine or biogeochemistry), a modeling tool or model linking technology. Our entries were judged by a panel of experts in the field on the basis of ingenuity, applicability, and contribution towards the advancement of geo-science modeling.
The entries were reviewed in January 2011. The decision was difficult due to the quality of entries. The contribution of graduate student Mohamad Nasr-Azadani was particulary impressive for the rigorous treatment of immersed boundary Navier-Stokes simulations of turbidity currents and the use of parallel coding techniques.We additionally congratulated Jie Gao, University of Colorado for her original process-based snow model entry entitled, 'Snow column', which placed second in the selection process.
The CSDMS Student Modeler is offered a funded visit in the year 2011 to the CSDMS Integration Facility in Boulder, Colorado, to learn and work with CSDMS scientists to develop his model into a CSDMS component.

→ NSF data management plan requirements, January 2011

"Proposals submitted or due on or after January 18, 2011, must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled “Data Management Plan”. This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results. We have identified two key points from NSF-EAR data and model sharing policy specifically, that PI’s can (partly) address by using CSDMS services. See how CSDMS can help out.

→ CSDMS Director James Syvitski elected AGU Fellow, December 2010

CSDMS Director James Syvitski has been elected AGU Fellow and will be honored at the Annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting on December 16th, 2010. AGU Fellows are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the geophysical sciences. The American Geophysical Union reserves this honor for less than 0.1% of their members every year.

Professor Syvitski’s has brought new science insights to the disciplines of oceanography, rivers and fjord processes, and the understanding of sediment transport. He approached these domains by building new quantitative connections and models; from glacier to fjord, and especially river fluxes into the world oceans. He used an experimentalist approach with development of numerical models and this lead to the first models that estimated the effects of climate change on river fluxes, to new insights in shelf drainage network reorganization and to recent new ideas of the effects of humans on sinking deltas. He brings the community together to model earth surface processes and bridges traditional science domains in the process

AGU describes their scientists as “people who explore the surface, interior, oceans and atmosphere of Earth”. James fits the profile: he has jumped on tidewater glacier snouts, blasted deltas to investigate turbidity currents, collected invaluable oceanographic casts while his vessel was leaking because it crashed into an iceberg, chased away polar bears from interesting fjord sediments, and has seen the ocean floor up close in a deepwater submersible. Currently, he broadened his perspective and explores the Earth from satellite imagery. But even at the peak of his field activities, he started using numerical models to further investigate his new questions. Syvitski’s present research interest in moving the world of Earth Surface Dynamics Modeling forward by providing computational resources models as a means to explore and make predictions is a natural progression from the creative codes for river and delta processes built much earlier.

→ MARGINS-NSF newsletter, No. 22 (Spring 2009)

CSDMS and What it Means in the MARGINS context
CSDMS, pronounced “Systems”, stands for the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System. CSDMS deals with the Earth’s surface—the dynamic interface between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere. CSDMS is the virtual home for a diverse community of experts who foster and promote the modeling of earth surface processes, with emphasis on the movement of fluids, sediment and solutes in landscapes, seascapes and their sedimentary basins. In essence CSDMS is about More...

→ OpenMI newsletter (Feb. 13th, 2009)

CSDMS to use OpenMI to build a surface dynamics community
The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) has chosen the OpenMI interface as a central element in the framework being built. The OpenMI standard will be combined with the Common Component Architecture (CCA) to provide a platform that runs on More...

→ NCED newsletter (Feb. 2009)

Ongoing Work with CSDMS
NCED provides the research—process understanding and initial algorithm development. The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS), an NSF-funded project, focuses on modeling with an emphasis on large-scale modular numerical modeling. More...

→ Colorado News Center (Feb. 4th 2009)

New CU-Boulder Computer Cluster to Aid in Earth-Modeling Research
A new University of Colorado at Boulder-based supercomputer will vastly extend the ability of scientists across the globe in modeling and predicting many important aspects of Earth's surface processes, from glacial melting and flooding to coastal erosion and tropical ocean storms. The $750,000 cluster will support the National Science Foundation-funded Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, or CSDMS, a library of computational tools used by scientists worldwide to model and predict natural and more...