Community Intercomparison Suite (CIS) v1.4.0: a tool for intercomparing models and observations
Community Intercomparison Suite (CIS) v1.4.0: a tool for intercomparing models and observations
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DOI：
10.5194/gmd-9-3093-2016
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发表时间：
2016-03
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5.1
通讯作者：
D. Watson‐Parris;N. Schutgens;Nicholas Cook;Z. Kipling;P. Kershaw;E. Gryspeerdt;B. Lawrence;P. Stier
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作者：
D. Watson‐Parris;N. Schutgens;Nicholas Cook;Z. Kipling;P. Kershaw;E. Gryspeerdt;B. Lawrence;P. Stier
抽象的。社区比较套件(CIS)是一种易于使用的命令行工具，开发该工具的目的是使遥感数据、现场数据和模型数据能够直接相互比较。虽然有许多工具可用于处理气候模型数据，但遥感和现场测量来源(和格式)的巨大多样性需要一种新的软件解决方案。独联体由一家专业软件公司开发，支持大量“开箱即用”的网格和非网格数据源，包括以NetCDF或英国气象局pp文件格式输出的气候模型、CloudSat、CALIOP(具有正交偏振的云-气溶胶激光雷达)、MODIS(中分辨率成像光谱仪)、云和气溶胶CCI(气候变化倡议)2级卫星数据和许多现场飞机和地面站数据集。开源架构还支持用户定义的插件，从而可以轻松添加许多其他源代码。比较异质数据集时所需的许多关键操作都由CIS提供，包括对数据进行细分、聚合、配置和标绘。输出数据写入与CF兼容的NetCDF文件，以确保与其他工具和系统的互操作性。最新的文档，包括用户手册和安装说明，可以在我们的网站(http://cistools.net)上找到。在这里，我们描述了这个工具所满足的需求，然后描述了它的主要功能(1.4.0版)和插件架构，这使得它在该领域是独一无二的。
Abstract. The Community Intercomparison Suite (CIS) is an easy-to-use command-line tool which has been developed to allow the straightforward intercomparison of remote sensing, in situ and model data. While there are a number of tools available for working with climate model data, the large diversity of sources (and formats) of remote sensing and in situ measurements necessitated a novel software solution. Developed by a professional software company, CIS supports a large number of gridded and ungridded data sources "out-of-the-box", including climate model output in NetCDF or the UK Met Office pp file format, CloudSat, CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization), MODIS (MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), Cloud and Aerosol CCI (Climate Change Initiative) level 2 satellite data and a number of in situ aircraft and ground station data sets. The open-source architecture also supports user-defined plugins to allow many other sources to be easily added. Many of the key operations required when comparing heterogenous data sets are provided by CIS, including subsetting, aggregating, collocating and plotting the data. Output data are written to CF-compliant NetCDF files to ensure interoperability with other tools and systems. The latest documentation, including a user manual and installation instructions, can be found on our website ( http://cistools.net ). Here, we describe the need which this tool fulfils, followed by descriptions of its main functionality (as at version 1.4.0) and plugin architecture which make it unique in the field.