Training Workshop: Introduction to ESMValTool

The Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) is a tool for working with large climate datasets such as CMIP6 and ERA5. It started out as a collection of community-developed diagnostics and performance metrics (written in Python, R, Julia, and NCL) for the evaluation of Earth System Models. Recently, it has also turned out to be useful for other users of climate data, such as hydrologists and climate change impact researchers. It is built on top of ESMValCore, a Python package that can:

• Find and download large climate datasets.
• Make them analysis-ready.
• Perform commonly used analysis steps such as statistics and regridding.
• Run the analysis scripts provided by ESMValTool or another analysis package in parallel.

Both software packages have been developed by and for researchers working with climate data, with the support of several research software engineers.

This workshop is organized by the Netherlands eScience Center, a core contributor to the development of the ESMValCore and ESMValTool software. We will make use of the ESMValTool Tutorial. After this workshop, participants will:

• Understand what ESMValCore and ESMValTool are and what they can be used for.
• Have the tools installed and configured on their own computer.
• Understand what ESMValTool recipes and diagnostics are.
• Be able to use existing recipes and diagnostics.
• Be able to modify existing recipes for their own research.
• Know how to read error messages and get help.
• Know how to participate in the community.

Date

17 April 2023 (One-day training)

Venue

ITC Building, Room 2-133
Hengelosestraat 99, 7514 AE Enschede

Registration

The workshop is open to UT staff and students. Priority will be given to ITC staff and students.
The capacity is limited to 25 people.

For more information about the workshop and registration please visit the event page:
https://itc.nl/big-geodata/training/introduction-to-esmvaltool/