Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

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Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)

Open Source Software
Location	University of California, Davis
Website	geodynamics.org

The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields. It is a National Science Foundation-sponsored collaborative effort to improve geodynamic modelling and develop, support, and disseminate open-source software for the geodynamics research and higher education communities.

CIG is located at the University of California, Davis, and is a member-governed consortium with 62 US institutional members and 15 international affiliates.

History

CIG was established in 2005 in response to the need for coordinated development and dissemination of software for geodynamics applications. Founded with an NSF cooperative agreement to

under a new cooperative agreement from NSF.

Software

CIG hosts open source software in a wide range of disciplines and topic areas, such as geodynamics, computational science, seismology, mantle convection, long-term tectonics, and short-term crustal dynamics.^[1]

Software Attribution for Geoscience Applications (SAGA)

CIG started the SAGA project with an NSF EAGER award from the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities for "Development of Software Citation Methodology for Open Source Computational Science".^{[citation needed]}

References

• Morozov, Igor; Reilkoff, Brian; Chubak, Glenn (2006). "A generalized web service model for geophysical data processing and modeling". Computers & Geosciences. 32 (9): 1403.
  doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.12.010
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• Gurnis, M (2005). "Sculpting Earth from Inside Out". Scientific American. 284 (3): 40–7.
  PMID 11234505
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• Zhang, H; Liu, M; Shi, Y; Yuen, D; Yan, Z; Liang, G (2007). "Toward an automated parallel computing environment for geosciences". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 163 (1–4): 2–22.
  doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.05.008
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External links

• Official website