Model:ILAMB

ILAMB

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Model type	Tool
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Spatial dimensions	1D, 2D
Spatial extent	Global, Continental, Regional-Scale
Model domain
One-line model description	The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) toolkit.
Extended model description	The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) project is a model-data intercomparison and integration project designed to improve the performance of land models and, in parallel, improve the design of new measurement campaigns to reduce uncertainties associated with key land surface processes. Building upon past model evaluation studies, the goals of ILAMB are to: develop internationally accepted benchmarks for land model performance, promote the use of these benchmarks by the international community for model intercomparison, strengthen linkages between experimental, remote sensing, and climate modeling communities in the design of new model tests and new measurement programs, and support the design and development of a new, open source, benchmarking software system for use by the international community. It is the last of these goals to which this software is concerned. We have developed a Python-based generic benchmarking system, initially focused on assessing land model performance.

Keywords:	benchmark, uncertainty, land surface processes, land model, CMIP5, data,

Name	Nathan Collier
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Postal address 1	P.O. Box 2008
Postal address 2	1 Bethel Valley
Town / City	Road Oak Ridge
Postal code	37831
State	Tennessee
Country	United States
Email address	collierno@ornl.gov
Phone
Fax

Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS
Other platform
Programming language	Python
Other program language
Code optimized	Multiple Processors
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	2015
Does model development still take place?	Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?
Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	https://bitbucket.org/ncollier/ilamb
Source csdms web address
Program license type	Other
Program license type other	UT Battelle Open Source Software License
Memory requirements
Typical run time	Minutes to several hours

Describe input parameters	A configuration file specifying models and variables to confront against benchmark data sets.
Input format	ASCII
Other input format
Describe output parameters	A web page displaying skill scores for the models and plots (PNG) of the spatial distribution of model outputs versus benchmark data.
Output format	ASCII, Binary
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed?	No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed?	No
Describe post-processing software
Visualization software needed?	No
If above answer is yes
Other visualization software

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Describe key physical parameters and equations
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Describe any numerical limitations and issues

Describe available calibration data sets
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Describe available test data sets
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Describe ideal data for testing

Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?	ILAMB is under continuous development with collaboration from researchers worldwide.

Is there a manual available?	No
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any	http://climate.ornl.gov/~ncf/ILAMB/docs/index.html
Model forum / discussion board

Comments	The ILAMB home page is https://ilamb.org.

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DOI model	International land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Package
For model version	2.0
Year version submitted	2016
Link to file	DOI:10.18139/ILAMB.v002.00/1251621

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Authors

Nathan Collier

Source code

DOI

Download ILAMB [DOI:10.18139/ILAMB.v002.00/1251621 version: 2.0]
Doi: International land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Package

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