Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies have released an open-source weather modeling tool called the Earth Model Column Collaboratory (EMC2), a suite of tools that assists in comparing climate models with data from weather radars, satellites, and other sensors.

The main purpose of this effort is to make it easier for climate modeling and weather observation communities, who normally work separately, to translate their data between the different types of instruments that they use. Accordingly, EMC2 integrates all of these tools into a single software package. “This kind of open access will help us better balance comparisons between models and observations,” said Robert Jackson, an Argonne assistant atmospheric scientist and collaborator on the model. ​“It will also provide that much-needed bridge between these historically separate communities.” The latest version of EMC2 can be found on GitHub. Read more at Argonne National Laboratory.