ESS-DIVE Model Data Archiving Guidelines

These guidelines were informed through engagement with the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental System Science (ESS) modeling community. We distributed and synthesized repository user-feedback forms to develop a white paper (Simmonds et al, 2020) that summarizes the community needs for model data archiving and ESS-DIVE's response to supporting those needs. A key finding was that the primary need for most researchers is to archive model data associated with publishing journal articles to meet journal and funding requirements. In response, we interviewed researchers to assess their current practices for archiving model data for journal articles. While these guidelines are the culmination of the aforementioned efforts, they will evolve over time based on ongoing community engagement and feedback received here.

(Details coming soon! For the latest guidelines, please see our poster at #AGU2020)

How to contribute

Want to make a change to the guidelines? Stay tuned for instructions on how to provide feedback.

Have a question? Contact us at ess-dive-support@lbl.gov.

Related references

Simmonds, M B, W J Riley, M Melara, S Cholia, C Varadharajan (2020, Dec 8). Addressing Model Data Archiving Needs for the Department of Energy’s Environmental Systems Science Community, AGU Fall Meeting, Poster

Simmonds, M B, W J Riley, S Cholia, C Varadharajan (2020, May 8). Addressing Model Data Archiving Needs for the Department of Energy’s Environmental Systems Science Community. https://doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/acdk4