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Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

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Founded
  
2005 (2005)

Website
  
geodynamics.org

Focus
  
Earth Science, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Open Source Software

Location
  
University of California, Davis

Mission
  
"The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields."

The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields. It is a National Science Foundation-sponsored collaborative effort to improve geodynamic modelling and develop, support, and disseminate open-source software for the geodynamics research and higher education communities.

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CIG is located at the University of California, Davis, and is a member-governed consortium with 62 US institutional members and 15 international affiliates.

History

CIG was established in 2005 in response to the need for coordinated development and dissemination of software for geodynamics applications. Founded with an NSF cooperative agreement to Caltech, in 2010, CIG moved to UC Davis under a new cooperative agreement from NSF.

Software

CIG hosts codes in a wide range of disciplines in geodynamics and computational science. The following is a list of open source software packages that are developed by CIG, developed by community contributors, supported by CIG, or supported by community contributors:

Computational Science

  • Cigma
  • Exchanger
  • Nemesis
  • Pythia
  • Spatial Data

    • Geodynamo

  • Calypso
  • MAG

    • Seismology

  • AxiSEM
  • BurnMan
  • Flexwin
  • Mineos
  • SEISMIC CPML
  • SPECFEM1D
  • SPECFEM2D
  • SPECFEM3D Cartesian
  • SPECFEM3D GLOBE
  • SPECFM3D GEOTECH
  • SW4

    • Mantle Convection

  • Aspect
  • Citcom CU
  • CitcomS
  • ConMan
  • Ellipsis3D
  • HC

    • Long-Term Tectonics

  • Gale
  • Plasti
  • SNAC

    • Short-Term Crustal dynamics

  • PyLith
  • SELEN
  • RELAX
  • Virtual Quake
  • LithoMop

    • Software Attribution for Geoscience Applications (SAGA)

    CIG started the SAGA project with an NSF EAGER award from the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities for “Development of Software Citation Methodology for Open Source Computational Science”.

    References

    Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics Wikipedia
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