Ghub: A science gateway for unifying ice sheet sci. & educ.
iHARP Talk Tuesday Series presents Dr. Sophie Goliber
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 · 4 - 5 PM
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sophie Goliber, Postdoctoral researcher at University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Presentation Title
Ghub: A science gateway for unifying ice sheet science and education
Presentation Abstract
The urgency in reducing uncertainties of near-term sea level rise relies
on improved modeling of ice sheet response to climate change.
Predicting future ice sheet change requires a tremendous effort across a
range of disciplines in ice sheet science, including expertise in
observational data, paleoglaciology, numerical ice sheet modeling, and
the widespread use of emerging methodologies for learning from the data.
However, significant knowledge and disciplinary barriers make
collaboration between data and model groups the exception rather than
the norm. We seek to improve the efficiency in collaboration among
traditionally disparate approaches to this problem. We present Ghub, a
community-building scientific and educational cyberinfrastructure that
includes models and data processing tools, online simulation, and
collaboration support, available for use at theghub.org.
Ghub enables collaboration between ice sheet scientific communities and
acts as a host for the open-source tools that are becoming more common
in the field of ice sheet science. We provide an overview of the Ghub
framework, with examples of tools, tutorials, and educational content
that are ready to use, and visions for extending these and other
upcoming developments. These tools target a wide range of audiences,
ranging from ice sheet modeling community efforts such as the Ice Sheet
Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6) to more specialized
process-orientated investigations. We also outline the process for
scientists to host their data and tools on the platform.
Bio
Sophie Goliber earned her Ph.D. in geological sciences from the
University of Texas at Austin where she focused on understanding the
controls on changes at marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland using
the recent satellite record. Her undergraduate degree was earned at the
University at Buffalo in Geology, where she is now returning as a
postdoc working on the Ghub science gateway to enable ice sheet
scientists to work more collaboratively and efficiently. Her work
focuses on scientific community management, outreach, and education
related to ice sheet science as well as continued research into the
ice-ocean interface at Greenland’s glaciers.
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