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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4381-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4381-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Development and technical paper
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07 Dec 2016
Development and technical paper |
| 07 Dec 2016
Evaluating lossy data compression on climate simulation data within a large ensemble
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Dorit M. Hammerling
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Sheri A. Mickelson
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Haiying Xu
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Martin B. Stolpe
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Phillipe Naveau
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Ben Sanderson
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Imme Ebert-Uphoff
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Savini Samarasinghe
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Francesco De Simone
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, UNICAL-Polifunzionale, Rende, Italy
Francesco Carbone
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, UNICAL-Polifunzionale, Rende, Italy
Christian N. Gencarelli
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, UNICAL-Polifunzionale, Rende, Italy
John M. Dennis
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Jennifer E. Kay
Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Peter Lindstrom
Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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Short summary
We apply lossy data compression to output from the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble Community Project. We challenge climate scientists to examine features of the data relevant to their interests and identify which of the ensemble members have been compressed, and we perform direct comparisons on features critical to climate science. We find that applying lossy data compression to climate model data effectively reduces data volumes with minimal effect on scientific results.
We apply lossy data compression to output from the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble...
