Update on Project Raijin: Community Geoscience Analysis Tools for Unstructured Grids

Project Raijin is an NSF EarthCube-funded effort whose goals are to develop sustainable, community-owned tools for the analysis and visualization of unstructured grid model outputs arising from next generation climate and global weather models. The primary software environment for Project Raijin is the Scientific Python Ecosystem, making use of, in particular, the Xarray, Dask, and Jupyter components that comprise the Pangeo stack. Working in close collaboration with atmospheric modelers, Raijin aims to: (1) develop extensible, scalable, open source tools supporting fundamental analysis and visualization methods capable of operating on unstructured grid model outputs at global storm resolving resolutions; and (2) establish an active, vibrant community of user-contributors, committed to extending our work beyond the scope of this NSF award. To support both of these primary goals, work on Raijin is conducted under an open development model that encourages participation in all aspects of the project.

This presentation will provide an update of the current status of Raijin as the project enters its second year. We will discuss current capabilities, including support for various model outputs, such as MPAS, CAM-SE, E3SM, and ICON; provide a roadmap for future development; and discuss how to get involved with this exciting open development project.