Digital Earths Global Hackathon

Welcome

NSF NCAR will host the US-Central “node” of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Digital Earths Global Hackathon, a globally distributed event designed to advance the analysis and development of high-resolution Earth-system models.

This event, taking place from May 12 to 16, 2025, will gather participants to collaborate on hacking, bug-fixing, and learning in a dynamic, hands-on environment. This hackathon is part of the larger WCRP effort to push the boundaries of climate system modeling and digital innovation globally. The US-Central node will be hosted at the NSF NCAR Foothills Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.

Registration information for the NCAR node and other information specific to the event taking place at NCAR is found below. For more details about the global hackathon and its objectives, please visit the official WCRP event page.

Registration

Registration for the NSF NCAR Node of the Digital Earths Global Hackathon is now open. Please see the Registration Portal. Registration is for in-person participants only and due by: Wednesday, April 23rd.  Note: Late in-person registration is not accepted. 

If you are submitting a request for travel support (below), please wait to register until after you receive notification of your request status.

Travel support

NSF NCAR plans to offer travel support for a limited number of student and postdoctoral fellow participants traveling from within the U.S. to attend the WCRP Digital Earths Global Hackathon, U.S. Central node, held at the NSF NCAR Foothills campus in Boulder, CO.  If your ability to participate depends on receiving travel assistance, please complete and submit the Participant Support Travel Request form no later than Friday, March 21st. We hope to notify applicants via email by Friday, March 28, 2025.

Program

The NCAR Node of the Digital Earths Global Hackathon will run from Monday afternoon, May 12, to Friday lunchtime, May 16, 2025.

A detailed day-by-day program will be shared closer to the event.

Accommodations

Information on accommodations for staying in Boulder will be coming soon.

Organizers

• John Clyne, NSF NCAR, Computational Information Systems Laboratory
• Julia Kukulies, NSF NCAR, ASP Postdoctoral Fellow
• Brian Medeiros, NSF NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory
• Bill Skamarock, NSF NCAR, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Laboratory

NSF NCAR node data sets

A description of the data sets contributed by and hosted by NSF NCAR follows. NCAR will also provide local access to select shared data sets provided by the global event organizers.

• MPAS DYAMOND Phase 3 simulation - A 1-year simulation with MPAS-A at 3.75km global grid spacing. (Additional details to be provided.)
• (Tentative) CONUS404 - Regional climate simulation over contiguous USA using WRF at 4km grid spacing.
• (Tentative) SAAG - Regional climate simulation over South America using WRF at 4km grid spacing. (additional details)

For questions about this workshop, please email the workshop administrators.