+1 -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Andrew Hart <ah...@apache.org> wrote: > > > +1 (binding) > > > > -Andrew > > > > > > > > On 2/5/13 8:18 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> OK, now that discussion has settled down, I'd like to call a VOTE for > >> acceptance of Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator. > >> I'll leave the VOTE open the rest of the week and close it out next > >> Monday, February 11th early am PT. > >> > >> [ ] +1 Accept Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator > >> [ ] +0 Don't care. > >> [ ] -1 Don't accept Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator > >> because... > >> > >> Full proposal is pasted at the bottom of this email. Only VOTEs from > >> Incubator PMC members are binding, but all are welcome to express their > >> thoughts. > >> > >> Thank you! > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Chris > >> > >> P.S. Here's my +1 (binding) > >> > >> ------------- > >> = 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< > http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment%7CU.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< > http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/%7CNorth>American Regional > >> Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP)]]; and is also working with > >> the International [[http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.**jussieu.fr/|Coordinated< > http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.jussieu.fr/%7CCoordinated> > >> 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< > http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov/about/overview%7Cacknowledgements>]] > >> 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 6 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 6 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< > 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< > 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 > <http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/nca-overview%7CUS> > >> 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 6 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 <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< > http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/%7CNCAR>NCL]]||MIT compat|| > >> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://www.**pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml|**PyNIO]]||MIT< > http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml%7CPyNIO%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat|| > >> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://www.**pyngl.ucar.edu/|PyNGL]]||MIT< > http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/%7CPyNGL%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat|| > >> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://**matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|** > >> Matplotlib]]||Modified< > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/%7CMatplotlib%5D%5D%7C%7CModified> > >> PSF license|| > >> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://**scipy.org/|Scipy]]||MIT< > http://scipy.org/%7CScipy%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat|| > >> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://**numpy.scipy.org/|NumPy]]||MIT< > http://numpy.scipy.org/%7CNumPy%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat|| > >> ||<rowclass="b">[[http://www.**hdfgroup.org/HDF5/|HDF5]]||**BSD||< > http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/%7CHDF5%5D%5D%7C%7CBSD%7C%7C> > >> ||<rowclass="a">[[http://www.**unidata.ucar.edu/software/** > >> netcdf/|NetCDF]]||MI< > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/%7CNetCDF%5D%5D%7C%7CMI> > >> 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< > http://lucene.apache.org/nutch/%7CApache>Nutch]] and by Jukka Zitting lead > >> this effort in Apache Tika. Mattmann is familiar with this process. > >> > >> == Required Resources == > >> Mailing lists > >> > >> * dev@climate.incubator.apache.**org < > d...@climate.incubator.apache.org> > >> * commits@climate.incubator.**apache.org< > comm...@climate.incubator.apache.org> > >> * private@climate.incubator.**apache.org< > priv...@climate.incubator.apache.org> > >> > >> Subversion Directory > >> > >> * https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/incubator/climate< > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/climate> > >> > >> Issue Tracking > >> > >> * JIRA CLIMATE (CLIMATE) > >> > >> Other Resources > >> > >> * CLIMATE Wiki http://cwiki.apache.org/**CLIMATE< > 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 <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || > >> ||Cameron E. Goodale ||goodale at apache dot org > >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || > >> ||Paul Ramirez ||pramirez at apache dog org > >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes || > >> ||Andrew F. Hart ||ahart at apache dot org > >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>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 <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] || no || > >> ||Huikyo Lee||Huikyo dot Lee at jpl dot nasa dot > >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] || no || > >> ||Paul Loikith|| Paul dot C dot Loikith at jpl dot nasa dot gov > >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] || no || > >> ||Daniel J. Crichton||crichton at apache dot > >> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>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.html< > http://www.physics1.howard.edu/~pmisra/HUPAS/HUPAS/HUPAS%20Jenkins.html> > >> |Howard University]] || no || > >> ||Paul Zimdars||pzimdars at apache dot > >> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes || > >> ||Chris Jack||cjack at csag dot uct dot ac dot > >> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.**za/|University< > http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/%7CUniversity>of Cape Town]] || no || > >> ||Bruce Hewitson||hewitson at csag dot uct dot ac dot > >> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.**za/|University< > http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/%7CUniversity>of Cape Town]] || no || > >> ||Lluis Fita Borrell||l dot fitaborrell at unsw dot edu dot > >> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|**University < > http://unsw.edu.au/%7CUniversity>of New South Wales]] || yes || > >> ||Jason Evans||jason dot evans at unsw dot edu dot > >> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|**University < > http://unsw.edu.au/%7CUniversity>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< > http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/met/%7CFree>University Berlin]] || yes || > >> ||Luca Cinquini||luca dot cinquini at jpl dot nasa dot gov > >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes || > >> ||J. Sanjay||sanjay at tropmet dot res dot in || > >> [[http://tropmet.res.in/|**Indian > >> <http://tropmet.res.in/%7CIndian>Institute > of Tropical Meteorology]] || yes > >> || > >> ||M. V. S. Rama Rao||ramarao at tropmet dot res dot in > >> ||[[http://tropmet.res.in/|**Indian > >> <http://tropmet.res.in/%7CIndian>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 > >> <http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Goddard > Space Flight Center]] || no || > >> ||Denis Nadeau|| denis dot nadeau at nasa dot > >> gov||[[http://www.gsfc.nasa.**gov/|NASA< > http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Goddard Space Flight Center]] || no > >> || > >> ||Michael Joyce|| Michael dot J dot Joyce at jpl dot nasa dot > >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes|| > >> ||Shakeh Khudikyan||Shakeh dot E dot Khudikyan at jpl dot nasa dot > >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes|| > >> ||Maziyar Boustani||Maziyar dot Boustani at jpl dot nasa dot > >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Jet > Propulsion Laboratory]] ||no|| > >> ||Suresh Marru||smarru at apache dot org||[[ > http://pti.iu.edu/|**Indiana<http://pti.iu.edu/%7CIndiana> > >> University]] ||yes|| > >> > >> > >> == Sponsors == > >> Champion > >> > >> * Chris Mattmann (mattmann at apache dot org) > >> > >> Nominated Mentors > >> > >> * Chris A. 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