Norwegian Service Centre for Climate Modelling

The Norwegian Service Centre for Climate Modelling (NoSerC) was established late 2000. The centre is located at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no) and financed by the Research Council of Norway and met.no. The overall aim of the centre is to facilitate efficient climate research and effect studies in Norway by providing technical assistance in the areas of data handling and analysis and computational efficiency of climate models. Main tasks proposed for the period 2005-2006: 1. Operate th e facility for archiving of climate modelling data; 2. Provide assistance and data for effect studies; 3. Programming, porting and computational efficiency of climate models; 4. Provide access to international climate datasets. In addition to provi de technical assistance, NoSerC has so far financed a national facility for archiving of climate modelling data. In order to meet the increasing storage requirements for climate data, such a facility must grow by a factor of 2-4 every year. Based on signa ls received in 2002, NoSerC propose no funding for new infrastructure in this application, but we encourage NORKLIMA to discuss the responsibility for such funding and evaluate the possibilities of meeting the storage requirements.