GC23H:
Improving Societal Relevance of Climate and Earth System Models through Use-Oriented Performance Metrics and Benchmarks for Developers Posters
GC23H:
Improving Societal Relevance of Climate and Earth System Models through Use-Oriented Performance Metrics and Benchmarks for Developers Posters
Improving Societal Relevance of Climate and Earth System Models through Use-Oriented Performance Metrics and Benchmarks for Developers Posters
Session ID#: 9180
Session Description:
Earth System Prediction Systems (ESPS) are essential for understanding the coupled, dynamic processes of the Earth. Different scientific perspectives generally motivate evaluations through performance metrics and benchmarks. The art of coupled model development balancing such different performance metrics to preserve or advance the ESPS’s overall credibility. As the output from comprehensive models gets used more frequently in societal applications, a new collection of performance metrics is necessary that helps users to determine how adequate model output might be for their interests. Indices and ensemble compilations facilitate this exchange. But the reverse flow of such use-oriented perspectives back into model development is not straightforward, and thus often does not happen. The goal of this exchange is to stimulate the conversation between model developers and users, together with evaluation experts, to identify innovative approaches for providing societally meaningful, physically objective, and user-relevant insights on the strengths and weaknesses of predicted fields.
Primary Convener: Caspar M. Ammann, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: Barbara Brown, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Laurna Kaatz, Denver Water, Denver, CO, United States and William J Gutowski Jr, Iowa State University, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA, United States
Chairs: Barbara Brown, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Laurna Kaatz, Denver Water, Denver, CO, United States, Caspar M. Ammann, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and William J Gutowski Jr, Iowa State University, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA, United States
OSPA Liaison: William J Gutowski Jr, Iowa State University, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA, United States
Cross-Listed:
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
- H - Hydrology
- NH - Natural Hazards
- SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1990 Uncertainty [INFORMATICS]
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
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