Hi Suresh, We would be honored to have you on board. Thank you and I'm looking forward to your help and guidance!
Cheers, Chris P.S. Add yourself to the wiki, no problem! On 1/27/13 4:36 PM, "Suresh Marru" <sma...@apache.org> wrote: > >On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:56 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" ><chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > >> Hey Suresh, >> >> Thanks a ton man and great to hear! >> >> To your comment below: >> >> On 1/27/13 5:56 AM, "Suresh Marru" <sma...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Great proposal, I am personally looking forward to see more of these >>> federal government and international collaboration efforts adopt open >>> community process. Impressive to see this project is pulling together >>> initial developers from government and universities of US, South >>>Africa, >>> UK, Germany and India (I will hope all of them will be able to get >>>their >>> CLA's cleared). You are really scraping the black ice on bureaucratic >>> highways and preventing at least some reinventing wheels with valuable >>> tax payers money in multiple countries. >>> >>> Will this system evaluate and be inclusive of the community earth >>>system >>> modeling community? >> >> Yep this proposal includes some of those that are directly involved in >> that community including Tsengdar Lee, as well as members of the Earth >> System Grid Federation. We will definitely be inclusive and are happy to >> have involvement. > >Sounds very good. I am unable to resist my itch, so will like to jump on >the band wagon as a committer. Please let me know if I can add myself to >the proposal wiki. > >Thanks, >Suresh > >> Thanks! >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >>> >>> Suresh >>> >>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 2:48 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" >>> <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone! >>>> >>>> I bring to the Incubator a new proposal for the Apache Open Climate >>>> Workbench (incubating) project. I've added the proposal to the >>>>Incubator >>>> wiki here: >>>> >>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ClimateProposal >>>> >>>> >>>> The project is a distributed, scalable approach for the rapid >>>>comparison >>>> of remote sensing data (e.g., from NASA) with that of climate model >>>> output >>>> generated by major US and international activities including the US >>>> National Climate Assessment, the Coordinated Regional Downscaling >>>> Experiment (CORDEX), the North American Regional Climate Change >>>> Assessment >>>> Program (NARCCAP) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change >>>>(IPCC). >>>> Much of the software to be donated and evolved here at Apache as a >>>> community includes core dependencies to several Apache projects (OODT, >>>> Hadoop/HIVE, Sqoop, Tika), and to several key toolkits in the Python >>>> software community including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, NCAR NCL, etc. >>>> >>>> We welcome your feedback over the next week or so for discussion and >>>> look >>>> forward to it! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Chris Mattmann >>>> Proposed Mentor and Champion >>>> >>>> ---------------proposal text >>>> >>>> = Apache Open Climate Workbench, tool for scalable comparison of >>>>remote >>>> sensing observations to climate model outputs, regionally and >>>>globally. >>>> = >>>> === Abstract === >>>> The Apache Open Climate Workbench proposal desires to contribute an >>>> existing community of software related to the analysis and evaluation >>>>of >>>> climate models, and related to the use of remote sensing data in that >>>> process. >>>> >>>> Specifically, we will bring a fundamental software toolkit for >>>>analysis >>>> and evaluation of climate model output against remote sensing data. >>>>The >>>> toolkit is called the [[http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov|Regional Climate >>>>Model >>>> Evaluation System (RCMES)]]. RCMES provides two fundamental components >>>> for >>>> the easy, intuitive comparison of climate model output against remote >>>> sensing data. The first component called RCMED (for "Regional Climate >>>> Model Evaluation Database") is a scalable cloud database that >>>>decimates >>>> remote sensing data and renalysis data related to climate using Apache >>>> OODT extractors, Apache Tika, etc. These transformations make >>>> traditionally heterogeneous upstream remote sensing data and climate >>>> model >>>> output homogeneous and unify them into a data point model of the form >>>> (lat, lng, time, value, height) on a per parameter basis. Latitude >>>>(lat) >>>> and Longitude (lng) are in WGS84 format, but can be reformatted on the >>>> fly. time is in ISO 8601 format, a string sortable format independent >>>>of >>>> underlying store. value carries with it units, related to >>>>interpretation >>>> and height allows for different values for different atmospheric >>>> vertical >>>> levels. All of RCMES is built on Apache OODT, Apache Sqoop/Apache >>>>Hadoop >>>> and Apache Hive, along with hooks to PostGIS and MySQL (traditional >>>> relational databases). The second component of the system, RCMET (for >>>> "Regional Climate Model Evaluation Toolkit") provides facilities for >>>> connecting to RCMED, dynamically obtaining remote sensing data for a >>>> space/time region of interest, grabbing associated model output (that >>>> the >>>> user brings, or from the Earth System Grid Federation) of the same >>>>form, >>>> and then regridding the remote sensing data to be on the model output >>>> grid, or the model output to be on the remote sensing data grid. The >>>> regridded data spatially is then temporally regridded using techniques >>>> including seasonal cycle compositing (e.g., all summer months, all >>>> Januaries, etc.), or by daily, monthly, etc. The uniform model output >>>> and >>>> remote sensing data are then analyzed using pluggable metrics, e.g., >>>> Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs), Root Mean Squared Error >>>> (RMSE), >>>> Bias, and other (possibly user-defined) techniques, computing an >>>> analyzed >>>> comparison or evaluation. This evaluation is then visualized by >>>>plugging >>>> in to the NCAR NCL library for producing static plots (histograms, >>>>time >>>> series, etc.) >>>> >>>> We also have performed a great deal of work in packaging RCMES to make >>>> the >>>> system easy to deploy. We have working Virtual Machines (VMWare VMX >>>>and >>>> Virtual Box OVA compatible formats) and we also have an installer >>>>built >>>> on >>>> Python Buildout (http://buildout.org/) called "Easy RCMET" for >>>> dynamically >>>> constructing the RCMET toolkit. >>>> >>>> RCMES is currently supporting a number of recognized climate projects >>>>of >>>> (inter-)national significance. In particular, RCMES is supporting the >>>> [[http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment|U.S. National >>>> Climate >>>> Assessment (NCA) activities]] on behalf of NASA's contribution to the >>>> NCA; >>>> is working with the [[http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/|North American >>>> Regional >>>> Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP)]]; and is also working >>>>with >>>> the International [[http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.jussieu.fr/|Coordinated >>>> Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX)]]. >>>> >>>> === Proposal === >>>> We propose to transition the RCMES software community, which includes >>>> developers of the RCMET and RCMED software, along with users of RCMES >>>>in >>>> the CORDEX project across a variety of academic institutions, >>>>scientists >>>> helping to improve the RCMES metrics, and visualizations, and >>>>regridding >>>> algorithms, packagers making RCMES easier to install, and scientists >>>> helping to lead some of these international projects that are already >>>> using RCMES. >>>> >>>> We have been working on the RCMES project since 2009 funded initially >>>>by >>>> the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project out at NASA, >>>> and >>>> then branching out into other sources of support and sustainability >>>> (NASA; >>>> NSF, etc. -- see the >>>> [[http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov/about/overview|acknowledgements]] section >>>>on >>>> the RCMES website for a full list of supporting U.S. and international >>>> partners). >>>> >>>> With the existing RCMES community at Apache, we will also work to >>>> encourage other climate software projects e.g., Open Climate GIS, >>>> elements >>>> of the Earth System Grid Federation, other NASA climate projects >>>>funded >>>> under the Computational Modeling, Algorithms and Cyberinfrastructure >>>> (CMAC) to contribute to the Open Climate Workbench here at Apache. >>>> >>>> RCMED is a Big Data project that combines several underlying Apache >>>> software -- OODT, Tika, Hadoop, HIVE, and Sqoop -- and other related >>>> data >>>> management software. Its primary language is Java; RCMET, on the other >>>> hand, is a Python API, associated set of classes (framework), set of >>>> Python Bottle Web services, and a PHP "Wizard"-based User Interface >>>>that >>>> leverages Apache OODT Balance. >>>> >>>> === Background === >>>> Bringing RCMES to Apache was the brain-child of Chris Mattmann, based >>>>on >>>> his solid experience with Apache OODT and bringing it to the ASF. >>>>Chris >>>> worked for a year to get the support of the JPL community including >>>> approvals from the Software Release authority at JPL to release the >>>> software. >>>> >>>> The initial code drop will include the RCMES SVN repository from JPL >>>> including prior revisions. We anticipate also including a smaller >>>> package, >>>> CDX, which contains some useful facilities for regridding, and command >>>> line tools for manipulating large datasets, and working with OPeNDAP, >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> After the code drop, we will work with our developers, users, >>>> documentors, >>>> and other members of the team to teach those unfamiliar with the >>>>Apache >>>> way how it works around here at Apache. 30% of the community from >>>>RCMES >>>> includes those intimately familiar with Apache including 5 ASF members >>>> -- >>>> the other 70% include a range of scientific code developers, climate >>>> scientists that use RCMES, program officers that will help make >>>> documentation and slides for the code, and advocate for it in the >>>> community. Their experience with Apache ranges from using various ASF >>>> products, to contributing patches to them, to not using any ASF >>>>software >>>> at all. >>>> >>>> With this diversity, we anticipate that while everything may not just >>>> work >>>> turnkey out of the box, this represents a unique opportunity to >>>> demonstrate Apache to the international community and to show the >>>> benefits >>>> of its community and social models. That said, we also have a lot of >>>>ASF >>>> experience to make sure everyone learns the Apache way. >>>> >>>> === Rationale === >>>> We are bringing RCMES to Apache for a few reasons. First, we feel that >>>> it >>>> will immediately enable our collaborators across a number of >>>> institutions >>>> both nationally and internationally have the opportunity to work on a >>>> common software base, and to improve it with contributions from their >>>> own >>>> sites. Currently these are difficult to negotiate now because of >>>>varied >>>> legal and contribution frameworks -- Apache allows us to simplify this >>>> to >>>> a unified one. Second, using the ASF's world-wide mirroring system, we >>>> will be able to deliver climate software broadly to the community as >>>>we >>>> release it, rather than sneaker netting the software around or >>>> establishing our own point release infrastructure. >>>> >>>> Bringing this project to Apache also immediately thrusts the ASF into >>>> the >>>> thriving ecosystem of the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment >>>> (CORDEX), the US National Cimate Assessment, the North American >>>>Regional >>>> Climate Change Assessment Program (the US contribution to CORDEX) and >>>> into >>>> relevance for upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change >>>>(IPCC) >>>> assessment activities at a number of different institutions. We also >>>> seek >>>> to help lead and encourage du jour standard development rather than >>>>top >>>> down level dictating of standards for climate software and the ASF >>>>will >>>> provide us a means for that. >>>> >>>> === Initial Goals === >>>> The initial goals of the proposed project are: >>>> >>>> * Stand up a sustaining Apache-based community around the JPL RCMES >>>> codebase. >>>> * Active relationships and possible cooperation with related projects >>>> and >>>> communities, including end user and scientific communities, CORDEX, >>>> NARCCAP, US NCA, IPCC, ESG, etc. >>>> * Active relationships and possible cooperation with existing Apache >>>> communities, e.g., OODT, Hadoop/HIVE, Sqoop, Tika, SIS, etc. >>>> * Initial Apache release. >>>> * Leverage Apache Open Climate Workbench in climate activities at >>>>NASA, >>>> in the international community as mentioned above, and beyond. >>>> * Vetting all software licenses and making sure IP is clear (software >>>> grant from JPL forthcoming). >>>> >>>> == Current Status == >>>> === Meritocracy === >>>> 30% of the proposed initial committers are familiar with the >>>>meritocracy >>>> principles of Apache. As stated above this includes 5 ASF members. Of >>>> the >>>> mentorship list, we have included Chris Douglas, a PMC member from >>>> Hadoop >>>> and ASF member to help guide the community. Chris M. and Chris D. have >>>> guided a number of projects through the Incubator over the years. The >>>> other mentor includes Paul Ramirez, who has experience with the >>>> Incubator >>>> -- he was a mentor for Apache Any23, and also was one of the PPMC >>>> members >>>> and eventual mentor for Apache SIS. The 70% of proposed initial >>>> committers >>>> that aren't as familiar with Apache have a broad range of experience >>>>in >>>> other open source projects, and have a deep respect and affinity for >>>>the >>>> foundation and the work that gets done here. The more experience ASF >>>> mentors and project members will help to guide them. >>>> === Community === >>>> There is an existing, established community of developers and users of >>>> this projet. This includes established communities including the >>>> Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment, the U.S. National Climate >>>> Assessment (NCA), the North American Regional Climate Change >>>>Assessment >>>> Program (NARCCAP), and more. The Coordinated Regional Climate >>>> Downscaling >>>> Experiment (CORDEX, http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cordex/about.html) is >>>>a >>>> world wide effort of coordination of regional climate downscaling >>>>(RCD) >>>> experiments driven by the World Climate Research Program (WRCP, >>>> http://www.wcrp-climate.org/index.shtml). Recently, a large number of >>>> RCD >>>> projects have been carried out on a large parts of the world. To >>>> maximize >>>> the benefits of these research activities the WCRP designed a >>>>framework >>>> (Giorgi, WMO-Bulletin, 2009) focused on "quality-control [of] data >>>>sets >>>> of >>>> RCD-based information for the recent historical past and 21st century >>>> projections, covering the majority of populated land regions on the >>>> globe". CORDEX defined different control domains (up to 10, >>>> http://cordex.dmi.dk/joomla/) for almost all the populated regions of >>>> the >>>> world in a way to standardize the experiments and make them >>>>comparable. >>>> A >>>> key region focused on Africa was also designated as the top priority >>>>by >>>> WRCP. CORDEX also provides a a series of conventions and list of >>>> variables >>>> that have to be followed by any project that wants to contribute to >>>>the >>>> experiment. Each CORDEX region has a coordinator and regional and >>>> international periodic meetings are scheduled in a way to ensure the >>>> global well being. NARCCAP is the U.S. contribution to CORDEX. From >>>>the >>>> [[http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/nca-overview|US >>>> National Climate Assessment]] site, work is "being conducted under the >>>> auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The GCRA requires >>>>a >>>> report to the President and the Congress every four years that >>>> integrates, >>>> evaluates, and interprets the findings of the U.S. Global Change >>>> Research >>>> Program (USGCRP); analyzes the effects of global change on the natural >>>> environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water >>>> resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social >>>> systems, >>>> and biological diversity; and analyzes current trends in global >>>>change, >>>> both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the >>>> subsequent 25 to 100 years." >>>> >>>> Apache Open Climate Workbench will support all of these communities >>>> above, >>>> with an eye towards being a general purpose climate evaluation toolkit >>>> for >>>> model output and remote sensing data. >>>> >>>> === Core Developers === >>>> The initial set of developers comes from various NASA centers (JPL, >>>>and >>>> Goddard Space Flight Center), NASA HQ, various Universities >>>> participating >>>> in CORDEX (Cape Town, University of New South Wales), the Indian >>>> Institute >>>> of Tropical Meteorology, the Free Univ. Berlin), the University of >>>> California Los Angeles, and Howard University. As mentioned previously >>>> several of our developers are Apache veterans and understand how it >>>> works >>>> around here and for those that don't, they will have great mentorship. >>>> >>>> === Alignment === >>>> Our proposed effort aligns with the U.S. National Climate Assessment, >>>> the >>>> CORDEX effort, other efforts, including the Earth System Grid >>>> Federation, >>>> other climate software including the Open Climate GIS toolkit, other >>>> science portals for climate including the Climate Information Portal >>>> (CIP) >>>> at the University of Cape Town, and other related projects. >>>> >>>> There are also a number of related Apache projects and dependencies, >>>> that >>>> will be mentioned in the Relationships with Other Apache products >>>> section. >>>> >>>> == Known Risks == >>>> === Orphaned products === >>>> Our project has a history of funding support from JPL, NASA >>>> (Applications >>>> program/ARRA, NCA, AIST), NSF (ExArch project), international >>>>investment >>>> from collaborators, and from other funding sources. The funding >>>>sources >>>> are all target future deliverables and activities, so there is little >>>> chance this software and community will be orphaned. >>>> >>>> === Inexperience with Open Source === >>>> All the initial developers have worked on open source before -- 30% of >>>> the >>>> proposed initial community are experience with the ASF, and are PMC >>>> members and committers on ASF project including 5 ASF members. Our >>>> mentors >>>> are all ASF members, and we welcome any interest from additional >>>>Apache >>>> mentors in the effort. Those 70% of our project that aren't Apache >>>> committers, PMC members, or members will benefit from the leadership >>>>of >>>> the other 30% of the project. >>>> >>>> === Homogenous Developers === >>>> The initial developers come from a variety of backgrounds and with a >>>> variety of needs for the proposed framework. Everyone is used to >>>> communicating on mailing lists as the project spans timezones, >>>> international institutions and centers of excellence for climate >>>> science. >>>> >>>> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >>>> All of the proposed initial developers are paid to work on this or >>>> related >>>> projects, but the proposed project is not the primary task for anyone. >>>> >>>> === Relationships with Other Apache Products === >>>> As mentioned above, RCMES and the Apache Open Climate Workbench >>>>already >>>> depend on Apache OODT for facade interfaces to underlying data >>>> warehouses >>>> for storing remote sensing data; and for metadata extraction and >>>> transformation. The software also uses Apache Tika for this (through a >>>> transitive dependency from OODT). In addition, we have hooks to Apache >>>> Hadoop/HIVE, as well as dependencies on Apache Sqoop for dumping out >>>> remote sensing data from MySQL and into HIVE. >>>> >>>> === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >>>> All of us are familiar with Apache and have a respect for its brand >>>>and >>>> community. Chris Mattmann is a big proponent of Apache's >>>>sustainability >>>> factor -- and it's ability to grow software communities, in an >>>> institution, or funding source neutral manner. All of the community >>>>have >>>> an extreme respect for Apache, including those in our communities who >>>> aren't necessarily trained computer scientists, but are Scientists >>>>(big >>>> "S", e.g., land, physical, Earth/Climate scientists). >>>> >>>> == Documentation == >>>> The initial RCMES code base will come from the internal JPL Subversion >>>> repository. The [[Regional Climate Model Evaluation System (RCMES) >>>> project|http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov]] at >>>>[[JPL|http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/]] >>>> has documentation on the existing software, including links to funding >>>> support, communities, and other projects. We will continue to maintain >>>> that site at JPL, which is part of the reason for rebranding the >>>>project >>>> here at Apache with a new name to not interfere with the existing >>>>RCMES >>>> one that has a following. In addition, we hope to evolve RCMES@JPL to >>>> have >>>> increasing levels of dependency on Apache Open Climate Workbench, so >>>> that >>>> we can incrementally transition with little impact to existing >>>> customers. >>>> >>>> In addition, JPL's [[http://cdx.jpl.nasa.gov|Climate Data eXchange >>>> (CDX)]] >>>> website also has documentation on the existing software. >>>> >>>> == Initial Source == >>>> The project will start with seed code donated by NASA JPL via Mattmann >>>> and >>>> the rest of the initial committers, which consists of the Regional >>>> Climate >>>> Model Evaluation System (RCMES) toolkit, and the Climate Data eXchange >>>> (CDX) software. This will include the core Python API for RCMET, the >>>> RCMED >>>> OODT catalog project (which stores remote sensing data to >>>>MySQL/PostGIS, >>>> and HIVE), and the RCMED extractors for various climate formats. The >>>> source will also include Easy-RCMET, the Python Buildout for RCMET. In >>>> addition, we will bring along the CDX toolkit, which includes a CDX >>>> client >>>> package that performs subsetting, access, regridding of climate data; >>>> and >>>> also includes a Python Buildout installer of its own called Uber CDX. >>>> >>>> == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == >>>> All seed code and other contributions will be handled through the >>>>normal >>>> Apache contribution process. Mattmann has been authorized by NASA JPL >>>>to >>>> lead the contribution of RCMES and CDX into the Incubator via his >>>> existing >>>> Apache CLA, and a Software Grant to be provided. >>>> >>>> We will also contact other related efforts for possible cooperation >>>>and >>>> contributions. >>>> >>>> == External Dependencies == >>>> Our project depends on a number of external libraries with various >>>> licensing conditions. An initial list of such dependencies is shown >>>> below. >>>> ||<tableclass="bodyTable"rowclass="b">'''Library''' ||'''License''' || >>>> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/|NCAR NCL]]||MIT compat|| >>>> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml|PyNIO]]||MIT >>>> compat|| >>>> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/|PyNGL]]||MIT compat|| >>>> >>>> >>>>||<rowclass="a">[[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|Matplotlib]]||Modi >>>>fi >>>> ed >>>> PSF license|| >>>> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://scipy.org/|Scipy]]||MIT compat|| >>>> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://numpy.scipy.org/|NumPy]]||MIT compat|| >>>> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/|HDF5]]||BSD|| >>>> >>>> >>>>||<rowclass="a">[[http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/|NetCDF]] >>>>|| >>>> MI >>>> T|| >>>> >>>> >>>> == Cryptography == >>>> The project itself will not use cryptography, but it is possible that >>>> some >>>> of the external software libraries will include cryptographic code to >>>> handle features present in various science data formats. If we need to >>>> provide an export control statement regarding cryptographic code per >>>> Apache policy, we will follow a similar approach by Mattmann in >>>> [[http://lucene.apache.org/nutch/|Apache Nutch]] and by Jukka Zitting >>>> lead >>>> this effort in Apache Tika. Mattmann is familiar with this process. >>>> >>>> == Required Resources == >>>> Mailing lists >>>> >>>> * d...@climate.incubator.apache.org >>>> * comm...@climate.incubator.apache.org >>>> * priv...@climate.incubator.apache.org >>>> >>>> Subversion Directory >>>> >>>> * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/climate >>>> >>>> Issue Tracking >>>> >>>> * JIRA CLIMATE (CLIMATE) >>>> >>>> Other Resources >>>> >>>> * CLIMATE Wiki http://cwiki.apache.org/CLIMATE >>>> * Review Board instance - CLIMATE >>>> * Jenkins instance - CLIMATE >>>> >>>> == Initial Committers == >>>> ||'''Name''' ||'''Email''' ||'''Affiliation''' ||'''CLA''' || >>>> ||Chris A. Mattmann ||mattmann at apache dot org >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || >>>> ||Cameron E. Goodale ||cgoodale at apache dot org >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || >>>> ||Paul Ramirez ||pramirez at apache dog org >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || >>>> ||Andrew F. Hart ||ahart at apache dot org >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || >>>> ||Jinwon Kim||jkim at atmos dot ucla dot edu >>>> ||[[http://jifresse.ucla.edu|UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth >>>> System Science and Engineering]] || no|| >>>> ||Duane Waliser||duane dot waliser at jpl dot nasa dot gov >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || no || >>>> ||Huikyo Lee||Huikyo dot Lee at jpl dot nasa dot >>>> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || no >>>> || >>>> ||Paul Loikith|| Paul dot C dot Loikith at jpl dot nasa dot gov >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || no || >>>> ||Daniel J. Crichton||crichton at apache dot >>>> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || >>>>yes >>>> || >>>> ||Kim Whitehall||Kim dot D dot Whitehall at jpl dot nasa dot gov >>>> >>>> >>>>||[[http://www.physics1.howard.edu/~pmisra/HUPAS/HUPAS/HUPAS%20Jenkins. >>>>ht >>>> ml >>>> |Howard University]] || no || >>>> ||Paul Zimdars||pzimdars at apache dot >>>> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || >>>>yes >>>> || >>>> ||Chris Jack||cjack at csag dot uct dot ac dot >>>> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/|University of Cape Town]] || no || >>>> ||Bruce Hewitson||hewitson at csag dot uct dot ac dot >>>> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/|University of Cape Town]] || no || >>>> ||Lluis Fita Borrell||l dot fitaborrell at unsw dot edu dot >>>> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|University of New South Wales]] || yes || >>>> ||Jason Evans||jason dot evans at unsw dot edu dot >>>> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|University of New South Wales]] || no || >>>> ||Estani Gonzalez||estanislao dot gonzalez at met dot fu-berlin dot de >>>> ||[[http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/met/|Free University Berlin]] || yes >>>>|| >>>> ||Luca Cinquini||luca dot cinquini at jpl dot nasa dot gov >>>> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes >>>>|| >>>> ||J. Sanjay||sanjay at tropmet dot res dot in || >>>> [[http://tropmet.res.in/|Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology]] || >>>> yes >>>> || >>>> ||M. V. S. Rama Rao||ramarao at tropmet dot res dot in >>>> ||[[http://tropmet.res.in/|Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology]] >>>>|| >>>> yes || >>>> ||Tsengdar Lee||tsengdar dot j dot lee at nasa dot gov || >>>> [[http://hq.nassa.gov/|NASA HQ]] || no || >>>> ||Laura Carriere||laura dot carriere at nasa dot gov >>>> ||[[http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/|NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]] || no >>>> || >>>> ||Denis Nadeau|| denis dot nadeau at nasa dot >>>> gov||[[http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/|NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]] || >>>> no >>>> || >>>> >>>> >>>> == Sponsors == >>>> Champion >>>> >>>> * Chris Mattmann (mattmann at apache dot org) >>>> >>>> Nominated Mentors >>>> >>>> * Chris A. 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