Kamodo: Simplifying Model Data Access and Utilization
Abstract
To address the lack of user-friendly software needed to simplify the utilization of model data across Heliophysics, the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a model-agnostic method via Kamodo for users to easily access and utilize model data in their workflows. By abstracting away the broad range of file formats and the intricacies of interpolation on specialized grids, this approach significantly lowers the barrier to model data access and utilization for the community while adding exciting new capabilities to their tool boxes. This paper describes the direct interfaces to the model data, called model readers, and a basic introduction on how to use them. Additionally, we detail the planned approach for including custom interpolation codes, and include current progress on specialized visualization developments. The CCMC is maintaining Kamodo as an official NASA open-sourced software to enable and encourage community collaboration.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2303.00854,
title = {Kamodo: Simplifying Model Data Access and Utilization},
author = {Rebecca Ringuette and Lutz Rastaetter and Darren De Zeeuw and Asher Pembroke and Oliver Gerland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.00854},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
This article was submitted to the Advances in Space Research journal in January of 2022 and is under review. The current version as of March 2023 is presented here