OpenIFS@home version 1: a citizen science project for ensemble weather and climate forecasting

Sparrow, Sarah; Bowery, Andrew; Carver, Glenn D.; Köhler, Marcus O.; Ollinaho, Pirkka; Pappenberger, Florian; Wallom, David; Weisheimer, Antje

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3473-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3473-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3473-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Model description paper

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09 Jun 2021

Model description paper |

| 09 Jun 2021

OpenIFS@home version 1: a citizen science project for ensemble weather and climate forecasting

Sarah Sparrow, Andrew Bowery, Glenn D. Carver, Marcus O. Köhler, Pirkka Ollinaho, Florian Pappenberger, David Wallom, and Antje Weisheimer

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of OpenIFS@home V1 by Sparrow et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of OpenIFS@home version 1 by Sparrow et al.', Thomas M. Hamill, 30 Dec 2020
AC1: 'Comment on gmd-2020-217', Sarah Sparrow, 27 Jan 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sarah Sparrow on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jan 2021) by Volker Grewe

RR by Wilco Hazeleger (05 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (05 Feb 2021) by Volker Grewe

AR by Sarah Sparrow on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper describes how the research version of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ Integrated Forecast System is combined with climateprediction.net’s public volunteer computing resource to develop OpenIFS@home. Thousands of volunteer personal computers simulated slightly different realizations of Tropical Cyclone Karl to demonstrate the performance of the large-ensemble forecast. OpenIFS@Home offers researchers a new tool to study weather forecasts and related questions.