Norwegian Service Centre for Climate Modelling -> NoSerC project description 2003-2004 -> Project Description 2000-2002 -> Organization
3. Organization
3.1 Administration
It is proposed that NoSerC is operated by DNMI. The project manager will be
Dr. Roar
Skålin
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
P.O. Box 43, Blindern
N-0313 Oslo
The centre will have a staff of two computer engineers, formally employed by the IT division at DNMI. These will work closely with the Research Division at DNMI, in particular the scientists involved in climate research, and with the computer engineers responsible for databases and archiving systems at DNMI.
The centre should have a steering committee appointed by the Research Council, representing the main user groups of the centre. The user groups have proposed the following members of the steering committee:
Professor
Trond Iversen, UiO representing RegClim
Assistant professor Peter M. Haugan, UiB representing NOClim
Post Doc. Gunnar Myhre, UiO representing ChemClim
Based on the cost sharing of the project (see section 5), we suggest that one member of the steering committee represent DNMI, and we propose
Professor Thor Erik Nordeng Director of Research, DNMI
Professor Sigbjørn Grønås, UiB, is proposed as the deputy representative from RegClim. For the other steering committee members, no deputies are proposed at this point.
The project manager is responsible for
- Coordinating the work of the centre;
- Ensuring that the work follows the approved plan;
- Ensuring that the centre establish and maintain good cooperation with other Norwegian institutions involved in climate research, in order to serve all Norwegian scientists involved in this area;
- Ensuring that the centre cooperates with similar centres internationally (for example Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum in Germany, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre and LLNL Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison in USA and the Hadley Centre in UK);
- Reporting progress to the Research Council;
- Ensuring that the deliverables are completed according to schedule;
- Evaluating progress and proposing changes in the scope and organization of the centre.
The steering committee (SC) approves, and if required, changes the project plan for centre. This includes to prioritise among the different tasks and, to the extent required, with in a task. The project manager reports to the SC on the issues listed above, and the SC shall approve all reports to be sent to the Research Council.
3.2 Technical matters
The equipment for storing climate data will be located in connection to the main national high performance computer, to be established by NOTUR at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. This computer will be used by most of the scientist involved in climate modelling in Norway. It is easily available from all institutions involved in climate research in Norway, through the high capacity network provided by Uninett. Furthermore, by attaching the equipment to this computer system, we take advantage of the national infrastructure for high performance computing and thus increase the value of the investments already made by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian universities.
The NOTUR consortium consists of NTNU, University of Oslo, University of Bergen, University of Tromsø, DNMI, SINTEF, Statoil, Telenor and Viewtech ASA. Under a contract with the Research Council of Norway, NOTUR is responsible for operation of the Norwegian national high performance computing infrastructure for the period 2000-2003.
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