We need to provide KISTI with a proposed SOW for 2014. Would like respond to KISTI with draft by end of January. Which of KISTI's requested items are doable? KISTI requested items
Current VDC places numerous restrictions on data that may be supported
Questions that need to be answered when considering supporting a new earth-systems numerical model
Probably too much effort to support MPAS with VDC2.
Too difficult with current VDC?
Alan estimates 1FTE month for basic support, additional options to be considered.
Review GUI and VDC prototype, meet and discuss. When can we meet?
MPAS and coupled model visualization are too difficult to support with current data model. We'll limit our proposed SOW to isolines, GRIM data, and possibly CAM data, depending on the expected level of effort required. Isolines will be limited to "basic" capabilities in Alan's proposal.
ECMWF's GRIB API needs to be tested with GRIMs data. The ECMWF metview tool is probably best way to do this.Metview provide a listing of a GRIB file's contents (similar to ncdump -h). GRIB files require a table to map variable numbers to variable name/contents. Each center may use different mapping. Don't have a map for GRIMs yet.
2.3 bug list is down to a single bug (text cropping) that Alan will fix. We will table further stable release prep (e.g. regression testing) until KISTI SOW is prepared.
We will review prototypes shortly. More discussion needed on how to proceed with 3.x and 2.x in parallel.