Model:ILAMB

ILAMB

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Spatial dimensions	1D, 2D
Spatial extent	Global, Continental, Regional-Scale
Model domain
One-line model description	A model benchmarking system.
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
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Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS
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Programming language	Python
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Code optimized	Multiple Processors
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Start year development	2015
Does model development still take place?	Yes
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Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	https://bitbucket.org/ncollier/ilamb
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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
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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
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Pre-processing software needed?	No
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Post-processing software needed?	No
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Visualization software needed?	No
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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
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Model website if any	http://climate.ornl.gov/~ncf/ILAMB/docs/index.html
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Comments	The ILAMB home page is https://ilamb.org.

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OpenMI compliant	No but possible
BMI compliant	Yes
WMT component	Yes
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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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Nathan Collier

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

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Nr. of publications:	9
Total citations:	431
h-index:	6
m-quotient:	0.75

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