Abstract

Scientific activities can be seen as collections of interdependent steps represented as workflows. Gathering and analyzing data, coordinating computational experiments, and publishing results and data products are organized activities traditionally captured in research notebooks. Today we have the ability to digitally codify much of these activities, particularly for computational experiments, using workflow technologies. Workflows may be used to execute enormous computations, to combine distributed data and computing resources in novel ways, and to guide scientists through complex processes. When combined with metadata and provenance-capturing capabilities, workflows allow reproducibility of results, increased efficiency, and enhanced publications. The challenge before us is to make these tools ubiquitously available, enhanced, and adopted for the geosciences. The EarthCube Workflows Community …

Date

January 1, 1970

Authors

Yolanda Gil, Ewa Deelman, Ibrahim Demir, Chris Duffy, S Marru, ME Pierce, Gerry Wiener

Journal

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Volume

2012

Pages

IN54B-03