Climate-Related Projects

Ocean Simulation Development:

• Implemented “analysis members” (output variables) for MPAS-Ocean (Model for Prediction Across Scales) in Fortran90. in collaboration with physics and oceanography experts.
• Converted global methods to mask-based regional methods.
• Validated and visualized simulation outputs using charts and maps.

Compression of In-Situ Simulation Data:

• Developed a workflow to connect the group’s work on energy measurements, algorithms, and cognitive evaluation.
• Produced image databases of climate data using in-situ visualization during large-scale MPAS-Ocean simulation runs (ParaView/Catalyst).
• Encoded and compressed image databases into MPEG-4 files.
• Analyzed the impact of different traversal methods, video encoding parameters, and compression on database size, image quality metrics, and access speeds.
• Supported conduction of a user study to evaluate the cognitive quality of images after encoding and compression using A/B testing.

Energy-Water Nexus:

• Led interface design for the web tool (Docker, Angular).
• Integrated WebWorldWind as base map for visualization of data.
• Implemented and coordinated data fusion for several dozen data layers.
• Collaborated with contractors and staff members.

Selected Publications:

• Development of the MPAS-Ocean Simulation
• Compressing In-Situ Simulation Data
• User Testing to Determine Cognitive Impact of Compression