TY - JOUR
T1 - An open virtual machine for cross-platform weather radar science
AU - Heistermann, M.
AU - Collis, S.
AU - Dixon, M. J.
AU - Helmus, J. J.
AU - Henja, A.
AU - Michelson, D. B.
AU - Pfaff, Thomas
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - A community-based Open Source Software (OSS) could foster scientific progress in weather radar research. More specifically, it could make weather radar software more affordable, more flexible, more transparent, more sustainable, and more interoperable. a virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine that executes programs just as a physical machine would virtual appliance is a preconfigured virtual machine image, ready to run on any computer and any operating system that provides the required software. From a research perspective, the VM is an ideal environment to compare the performance of different algorithms from different software packages in bench marking experiments. The VM could be a useful component in achieving reproducible weather radar research, as it provides an open and fully reproducible environment across platforms. It should be noted, though, that achieving reproducible research not only requires open and reproducible software platforms, but also open access to raw data that were used in corresponding studies along with openly and completely documented algorithms.
AB - A community-based Open Source Software (OSS) could foster scientific progress in weather radar research. More specifically, it could make weather radar software more affordable, more flexible, more transparent, more sustainable, and more interoperable. a virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine that executes programs just as a physical machine would virtual appliance is a preconfigured virtual machine image, ready to run on any computer and any operating system that provides the required software. From a research perspective, the VM is an ideal environment to compare the performance of different algorithms from different software packages in bench marking experiments. The VM could be a useful component in achieving reproducible weather radar research, as it provides an open and fully reproducible environment across platforms. It should be noted, though, that achieving reproducible research not only requires open and reproducible software platforms, but also open access to raw data that were used in corresponding studies along with openly and completely documented algorithms.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84946100241
U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00220.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00220.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946100241
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 96
SP - 1641
EP - 1645
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 10
ER -