EKT

Educa)onandKnowledgeTransferObjec)ves,Progress&Plans

IrinaOvereemNovember2009

EKTTopics

o Educa)onofCSDMSmodelerso Knowledgetransfertoindustry/federalagencies

o Educa)onalRepositoryo FocusonUndergraduates?o WhataboutGeneralPublic?

o EKTshort‐termandlong‐termgoals

ModelerEduca;on

SedFluxModelHomewithdownloads,installa)onandinputexplana)ons,andissuesdiscussion

NEEDS TO BE SOLICITED FROM CSDMS MEMBERS CSDMS EKT SPECIALIST & WEBMASTER FORM LIASONS

ModelerEduca;on

HelponCSDMSpage,accountmanagement,helpwithsoNwareandtoolsdownloads,installa)onandinputexplana)onsfortheCSDMSGUI.

CSDMS SOFTWARE ENGINEERS & EKT SPECIALIST FORM LIASONS

Thisrepositoryhasbeenstarted,butmajorexpansionbetween2009‐2011.

TeachingMaterialsnowcontainlecturesof2modelingcoursesandmodelexcercises.Intentedfordownloadforteachingfaculty,moviesandanima)onsofmodelresults.

Modelsofthreetextbooksareservedinmodelrepository.

Objective: distribute model simulations, educational presentations, reports, publications, short course material and the CSDMS hosted workshops

Educa;onalRepository

Educa;onalAnima;ons

o Well‐documentedmodelmoviestoexplainsurface‐dynamicsprocesses.Everymoviehasashortdescrip)on,andmoredetailedexplana)on,keywords.o Fitintothedata‐baselikestructureinwiki.

Ashton and Murray Model, Coastal Evolution of Wave-dominated coast

Educa;onalAnima;ons

Educa;onalAnima;ons

Basicmodelexperiments,steppingupincomplexity.Fitintothedata‐baselikestructureinwiki.

Basic Plume High Switch Frequency

Associated Algorithms is key for learning processes as well as model sensitivity

Educa;onalESPMovies

o Well‐documentedreal‐worldtoexplainsurface‐dynamicsprocesses.Everymoviehasafactsheet,andmoredetailedexplana)on,keywords.

Arctic Coastal Erosion

- Summer of 2008, time-lapse coast observation

-  Warming permafrost and longer sea-ice free Arctic Ocean promote rapid coastal retreat

- - Discussion and Recommended Reading

- - Authors: Cameron Wobus (CIRES), Irina Overeem, Bob Anderson, Nora Matell (INSTAAR), Gary Clow, Frank Urban,

Ben Jones (USGS)

Short‐termGoals

o Reallygoodexamplesofmodellabstoshowcaseeduca)onalmodules,everyWG1example:

GC2D‐HYDROTREND‐CEM‐PLUME

1) Modelscanberunstand‐alonethroughCcaffeineGUI

2) Userscansetfewkeyparameters,run&downloadoutput

3) Helponmodelsisavailablethroughlinkstowiki

BIGIDEASONEKT

‐ Seriesofmodellabswithaddedprocesscomplexity

‐ DevelopEKTmodelingframeworksothatitcankeepimprovingandgrowing.Toolformoduleuseandstudentassessmentforindividualteachers.

‐ ‘GOOGLEEarth’likeapplica)onthatsetyourmodelinput‐condi)onsautoma)callystreamed.

‐ Publishineduca)onaljournals

‐ SurfaceProcessesAnima)onsforScienceMuseumandNP’s