| climate |
Description |
The climateprediction.net [http://climateprediction.net] is a state-of-the-art simulation
of the climate system which runs on PCs. Project participants will be able to download
and run different parametrizations of a climate simulation program, thus providing
data for studying climate change. The collaborators in this large-scale e-Science
project are The Open University, the universities of Oxford and Reading, Rutherford
Appleton Labs, and The MetOffice.KMi's role in the project is to develop a robust
semantic web portal for the estimated 2 million participants. A mixture of technologies
will be used, including integrated discussion forums, a web-based news service, conferencing
services and social areas using the latest instant messaging programs. This portal
will also use state-of-the-art semantic web technology (developed in KMi) to provide
fully customisable 'semantic filters' that can be placed over any web-based document
(whether local or remote), and provide the user with the context of identified 'concepts-of-interests'.
Participants: Martin Dzbor, Enrico Motta, John Domingue and Marc Eisenstadt (KMi);
Bob Spicer and Elaine McPherson (Earth Sciences) |