Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Focus | Earth Science, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Open Source Software |
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| Mission | "The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields." |
| Website | Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics |
The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields. It is a National Science Foundation-sponsored collaborative effort to improve geodynamic modelling and develop, support, and disseminate open-source software for the geodynamics research and higher education communities.
CIG is located at the University of California, Davis, and is a member-governed consortium with 59 institutional members and 15 international affiliates.
History
CIG was established in 2005 in response to the need for coordinated development and dissemination of software for geodynamics applications. Founded with an NSF cooperative agreement to Caltech, in 2010, CIG moved to UC Davis under a new cooperative agreement from NSF.
Software
CIG hosts codes in a wide range of disciplines in geodynamics and computational science. The following is a list of software packages that are developed by CIG, developed by community contributors, supported by CIG, or supported by community contributors:
Computational science
- Spatial Data
- Nemesis
- Pythia
Geodynamo
- Calypso
Seismology
- SPECFEM3D Cartesian
- SPECFEM3D GLOBE
- BurnMan
- AxiSEM
- SPECFEM2D
- SPECFEM3D GEOTECH
- SW4
- SEISMIC CPML
- SPECFEM1D
Mantle convection
- Aspect
- Citcom CU
- CitcomS
- ConMan
Short-term crustal dynamics
- PyLith
- RELAX
- Virtual Quake
- SELEN
Archived software
The following are software packages that are archived with no development activity:
- Cigma (Computational Science)
- Exchanger (Computational Science)
- MAG (Geodynamo)
- Flexwin (Seismology)
- Mineos (Seismology)
- Ellipsis3D (Mantle Convection)
- HC (Mantle Convection)
- Gale (Long-Term Tectonics)
- Plasti (Long-Term Tectonics)
- SNAC (Long-Term Tectonics)
- LithoMap (Short-Term Crustal Dynamics)
Software Attribution for Geoscience Applications (SAGA)
CIG started the SAGA project with an NSF EAGER award from the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities for “Development of Software Citation Methodology for Open Source Computational Science”.
References
- Morozov, Igor; Reilkoff, Brian; Chubak, Glenn (2006). "A generalized web service model for geophysical data processing and modeling". Computers & Geosciences 32 (9): 1403. Bibcode:2006CG.....32.1403M. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.12.010.
- Gurnis, M (2005). "Sculpting Earth from Inside Out". Scientific American 284 (3): 40–7. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0301-40. PMID 11234505.
- Zhang, H; Liu, M; Shi, Y; Yuen, D; Yan, Z; Liang, G (2007). "Toward an automated parallel computing environment for geosciences". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 163: 2. Bibcode:2007PEPI..163....2Z. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.05.008.