FEATURE STORY
E3SM Simulation Campaigns
The E3SM project’s scientific goals address three areas of importance to earth system research: water cycle, biogeochemistry, and cryosphere. >>ECP Super-parametrization
The E3SM project team is working to develop a cloud-resolving Earth system model with the throughput necessary for multi-decade, coupled high resolution climate simulations. >>From the Program Manager:
E3SM project works with released v1 model and output, while also preparing v2 model configurations >>E3SM Community Engagement
This international workshop focused on optimal strategies for coupling processes in or between the different component models of the earth system. >>
BRIEF
Career Opportunities
Check current career openings in earth system sciences >>E3SM Computing Resources
In 2018, E3SM is expanding it's pool of computational resources with a new machine that will support >>FY2019 NOAA Climate
The DOE-Climate Program Office Federal Funding Opportunity announcement has just been published. >>E3SM In DOE 5 Year Plan
The Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) has published its five-year strategic plan >>
RELEASES
A-Prime v1.2 Release
A-PRIME is a collection of scripts designed to provide E3SM model developers and analysts with a >>MPAS-Analysis v1.0
The Model for Prediction Across Scales Analysis (MPAS-Analysis) developers announce the release of >>MPAS 6.0
This major release of Model for Prediction Across Scales, or MPAS, introduces the MPAS-sea ice >>E3SM Diagnostics v1.3.0
E3SM Diagnostics v1.3.0. new features are: Taylor Diagram, metrics summary table, stronger support >>
AWARDS
E3SM Best Poster Award
Best Poster awarded to Darren Engwirda et al. for “JIGSAW: Multi-resolution Unstructured Mesh >>E3SM Phase 1 Leaders
The E3SM Phase 1 Leadership was recognized at the EESM PI Meeting in November 2018 in Maryland >>Critical Path Team
At the EESM PI Meeting in November 2018, the E3SM recognized "Critical Path" team for the >>2018 INCITE Award
The 2018 Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award supports >>
SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Animations from the BISICLES model illustrate the vulnerability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet due >>E3SM Project Video
Watch the video highlights of the capabilities and goals of the E3SM project. >>Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane hindcasts at 1/8 degree from the E3SM model are used to show the capability of >>
Major Research Directions
Water Cycle
Research focused on understanding and developing the capability to project changes in water within the Earth's system by more realistic portrayals of hydrologic features >>
BGC and Energy
E3SM is examining how more complete treatments of nutrient cycles, land-use/land-cover, and land disturbances such as fires affect biogeochemical cycles. >>
Performance
Next generation model development, high performance algorithms and exploration of parallel optimizations targeting upcoming exascale DOE computer facilities. >>
Cryosphere-Ocean
The project is conducting detailed modeling of the interactions between the ocean and the Antarctic ice sheet, including ocean flows under the ice shelves, to investigate the... >>
 | Model | E3SM is a fully coupled, state-of-the-science Earth system model (ESM) capable of global high definition configuration (25km atmosphere, 12km river model, variable 18 to 6km ocean model, >> |
 | Data | Released global Coupled model simulation output data from E3SM target experiments, both the low and high definition configurations. >> |
 | Tools | Software applications for coupled and component model diagnostic, evaluation and analysis, data transfer, manipulation, regridding and post processing. Model development tools and unit >> |
