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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunning@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 (binding)
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Andrew Hart <ahart@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > +1 (binding)
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/13 8:18 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> OK, now that discussion has settled down, I'd like to call a VOTE for
> >> acceptance of Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator.
> >> I'll leave the VOTE open the rest of the week and close it out next
> >> Monday, February 11th early am PT.
> >>
> >> [ ]  +1 Accept Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator
> >> [ ]  +0 Don't care.
> >> [ ]  -1 Don't accept Apache Open Climate Workbench into the Incubator
> >> because...
> >>
> >> Full proposal is pasted at the bottom of this email. Only VOTEs from
> >> Incubator PMC members are binding, but all are welcome to express thei=
r
> >> thoughts.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> P.S. Here's my +1 (binding)
> >>
> >> -------------
> >> =3D Apache Open Climate Workbench, tool for scalable comparison of rem=
ote
> >> sensing observations to climate model outputs, regionally and globally=
.
> =3D
> >> =3D=3D=3D Abstract =3D=3D=3D
> >> The Apache Open Climate Workbench proposal desires to contribute an
> >> existing community of software related to the analysis and evaluation =
of
> >> climate models, and related to the use of remote sensing data in that
> >> process.
> >>
> >> Specifically, we will bring a fundamental software toolkit for analysi=
s
> >> and evaluation of climate model output against remote sensing data. Th=
e
> >> toolkit is called the [[http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov|**Regional Climate
> >> Model
> >> Evaluation System (RCMES)]]. RCMES provides two fundamental components
> for
> >> the easy, intuitive comparison of climate model output against remote
> >> sensing data. The first component called RCMED (for "Regional Climate
> >> Model Evaluation Database") is a scalable cloud database that decimate=
s
> >> remote sensing data and renalysis data related to climate using Apache
> >> OODT extractors, Apache Tika, etc. These transformations make
> >> traditionally heterogeneous upstream remote sensing data and climate
> model
> >> output homogeneous and unify them into a data point model of the form
> >> (lat, lng, time, value, height) on a per parameter basis. Latitude (la=
t)
> >> and Longitude (lng) are in WGS84 format, but can be reformatted on the
> >> fly. time is in ISO 8601 format, a string sortable format independent =
of
> >> underlying store. value carries with it units, related to interpretati=
on
> >> and height allows for different values for different atmospheric
> vertical
> >> levels. All of RCMES is built on Apache OODT, Apache Sqoop/Apache Hado=
op
> >> and Apache Hive, along with hooks to PostGIS and MySQL (traditional
> >> relational databases). The second component of the system, RCMET (for
> >> "Regional Climate Model Evaluation Toolkit") provides facilities for
> >> connecting to RCMED, dynamically obtaining remote sensing data for a
> >> space/time region of interest, grabbing associated model output (that
> the
> >> user brings, or from the Earth System Grid Federation) of the same for=
m,
> >> and then regridding the remote sensing data to be on the model output
> >> grid, or the model output to be on the remote sensing data grid. The
> >> regridded data spatially is then temporally regridded using techniques
> >> including seasonal cycle compositing (e.g., all summer months, all
> >> Januaries, etc.), or by daily, monthly, etc. The uniform model output
> and
> >> remote sensing data are then analyzed using pluggable metrics, e.g.,
> >> Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs), Root Mean Squared Error
> (RMSE),
> >> Bias, and other (possibly user-defined) techniques, computing an
> analyzed
> >> comparison or evaluation. This evaluation is then visualized by pluggi=
ng
> >> in to the NCAR NCL library for producing static plots (histograms, tim=
e
> >> series, etc.)
> >>
> >> We also have performed a great deal of work in packaging RCMES to make
> the
> >> system easy to deploy. We have working Virtual Machines (VMWare VMX an=
d
> >> Virtual Box OVA compatible formats) and we also have an installer buil=
t
> on
> >> Python Buildout (http://buildout.org/) called "Easy RCMET" for
> >> dynamically
> >> constructing the RCMET toolkit.
> >>
> >> RCMES is currently supporting a number of recognized climate projects =
of
> >> (inter-)national significance. In particular, RCMES is supporting the
> >> [[http://www.globalchange.gov/**what-we-do/assessment|U.S<
> http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment%7CU.S>.
> >> National Climate
> >> Assessment (NCA) activities]] on behalf of NASA's contribution to the
> NCA;
> >> is working with the [[http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/**|North<
> http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/%7CNorth>American Regional
> >> Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP)]]; and is also working wit=
h
> >> the International [[http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.**jussieu.fr/|Coordinated<
> http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.jussieu.fr/%7CCoordinated>
> >> Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX)]].
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Proposal =3D=3D=3D
> >> We propose to transition the RCMES software community, which includes
> >> developers of the RCMET and RCMED software, along with users of RCMES =
in
> >> the CORDEX project across a variety of academic institutions, scientis=
ts
> >> helping to improve the RCMES metrics, and visualizations, and regriddi=
ng
> >> algorithms, packagers making RCMES easier to install, and scientists
> >> helping to lead some of these international projects that are already
> >> using RCMES.
> >>
> >> We have been working on the RCMES project since 2009 funded initially =
by
> >> the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project out at NASA,
> and
> >> then branching out into other sources of support and sustainability
> (NASA;
> >> NSF, etc. -- see the
> >> [[http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov/**about/overview|**acknowledgements<
> http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov/about/overview%7Cacknowledgements>]]
> >> section on
> >> the RCMES website for a full list of supporting U.S. and international
> >> partners).
> >>
> >> With the existing RCMES community at Apache, we will also work to
> >> encourage other climate software projects e.g., Open Climate GIS,
> elements
> >> of the Earth System Grid Federation, other NASA climate projects funde=
d
> >> under the Computational Modeling, Algorithms and Cyberinfrastructure
> >> (CMAC) to contribute to the Open Climate Workbench here at Apache.
> >>
> >> RCMED is a Big Data project that combines several underlying Apache
> >> software -- OODT, Tika, Hadoop, HIVE, and Sqoop -- and other related
> data
> >> management software. Its primary language is Java; RCMET, on the other
> >> hand, is a Python API, associated set of classes (framework), set of
> >> Python Bottle Web services, and a PHP "Wizard"-based User Interface th=
at
> >> leverages Apache OODT Balance.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Background =3D=3D=3D
> >> Bringing RCMES to Apache was the brain-child of Chris Mattmann, based =
on
> >> his solid experience with Apache OODT and bringing it to the ASF. Chri=
s
> >> worked for a year to get the support of the JPL community including
> >> approvals from the Software Release authority at JPL to release the
> >> software.
> >>
> >> The initial code drop will include the RCMES SVN repository from JPL
> >> including prior revisions. We anticipate also including a smaller
> package,
> >> CDX, which contains some useful facilities for regridding, and command
> >> line tools for manipulating large datasets, and working with OPeNDAP,
> etc.
> >>
> >> After the code drop, we will work with our developers, users,
> documentors,
> >> and other members of the team to teach those unfamiliar with the Apach=
e
> >> way how it works around here at Apache. 30% of the community from RCME=
S
> >> includes those intimately familiar with Apache including 6 ASF members
> --
> >> the other 70% include a range of scientific code developers, climate
> >> scientists that use RCMES, program officers that will help make
> >> documentation and slides for the code, and advocate for it in the
> >> community. Their experience with Apache ranges from using various ASF
> >> products, to contributing patches to them, to not using any ASF softwa=
re
> >> at all.
> >>
> >> With this diversity, we anticipate that while everything may not just
> work
> >> turnkey out of the box, this represents a unique opportunity to
> >> demonstrate Apache to the international community and to show the
> benefits
> >> of its community and social models. That said, we also have a lot of A=
SF
> >> experience to make sure everyone learns the Apache way.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D=3D
> >> We are bringing RCMES to Apache for a few reasons. First, we feel that
> it
> >> will immediately enable our collaborators across a number of
> institutions
> >> both nationally and internationally have the opportunity to work on a
> >> common software base, and to improve it with contributions from their
> own
> >> sites. Currently these are difficult to negotiate now because of varie=
d
> >> legal and contribution frameworks -- Apache allows us to simplify this
> to
> >> a unified one. Second, using the ASF's world-wide mirroring system, we
> >> will be able to deliver climate software broadly to the community as w=
e
> >> release it, rather than sneaker netting the software around or
> >> establishing our own point release infrastructure.
> >>
> >> Bringing this project to Apache also immediately thrusts the ASF into
> the
> >> thriving ecosystem of the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment
> >> (CORDEX), the US National Cimate Assessment, the North American Region=
al
> >> Climate Change Assessment Program (the US contribution to CORDEX) and
> into
> >> relevance for upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC=
)
> >> assessment activities at a number of different institutions. We also
> seek
> >> to help lead and encourage du jour standard development rather than to=
p
> >> down level dictating of standards for climate software and the ASF wil=
l
> >> provide us a means for that.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Initial Goals =3D=3D=3D
> >> The initial goals of the proposed project are:
> >>
> >>   * Stand up a sustaining Apache-based community around the JPL RCMES
> >> codebase.
> >>   * Active relationships and possible cooperation with related project=
s
> >> and
> >> communities, including end user and scientific communities, CORDEX,
> >> NARCCAP, US NCA, IPCC, ESG, etc.
> >>   * Active relationships and possible cooperation with existing Apache
> >> communities, e.g., OODT, Hadoop/HIVE, Sqoop, Tika, SIS, etc.
> >>   * Initial Apache release.
> >>   * Leverage Apache Open Climate Workbench in climate activities at
> NASA,
> >> in the international community as mentioned above, and beyond.
> >>   * Vetting all software licenses and making sure IP is clear (softwar=
e
> >> grant from JPL forthcoming).
> >>   =3D=3D Current Status =3D=3D
> >> =3D=3D=3D Meritocracy =3D=3D=3D
> >> 30% of the proposed initial committers are familiar with the meritocra=
cy
> >> principles of Apache. As stated above this includes 6 ASF members. Of
> the
> >> mentorship list, we have included Chris Douglas, a PMC member from
> Hadoop
> >> and ASF member to help guide the community. Chris M. and Chris D. have
> >> guided a number of projects through the Incubator over the years. The
> >> other mentor includes Paul Ramirez, who has experience with the
> Incubator
> >> -- he was a mentor for Apache Any23, and also was  one of the PPMC
> members
> >> and eventual mentor for Apache SIS. The 70% of proposed initial
> committers
> >> that aren't as familiar with Apache have a broad range of experience i=
n
> >> other open source projects, and have a deep respect and affinity for t=
he
> >> foundation and the work that gets done here. The more experience ASF
> >> mentors and project members will help to guide them.
> >> =3D=3D=3D Community =3D=3D=3D
> >> There is an existing, established community of developers and users of
> >> this projet. This includes established communities including the
> >> Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment, the U.S. National Climate
> >> Assessment (NCA), the North American Regional Climate Change Assessmen=
t
> >> Program (NARCCAP), and more. The Coordinated Regional Climate
> Downscaling
> >> Experiment (CORDEX, http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/**cordex/about.html<
> http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cordex/about.html>)
> >> is a
> >> world wide effort of coordination of regional climate downscaling (RCD=
)
> >> experiments driven by the World Climate Research Program (WRCP,
> >> http://www.wcrp-climate.org/**index.shtml<
> http://www.wcrp-climate.org/index.shtml>).
> >> Recently, a large number of RCD
> >> projects have been carried out on a large parts of the world. To
> maximize
> >> the benefits of these research activities the WCRP designed a framewor=
k
> >> (Giorgi, WMO-Bulletin, 2009) focused on "quality-control [of] data set=
s
> of
> >> RCD-based information for the recent historical past and 21st century
> >> projections, covering the majority of populated land regions on the
> >> globe".  CORDEX defined different control domains (up to 10,
> >> http://cordex.dmi.dk/joomla/) for almost all the populated regions of
> the
> >> world in a way to standardize the experiments and make them comparable=
.
> A
> >> key region focused on Africa was also designated as the top priority b=
y
> >> WRCP. CORDEX also provides a a series of conventions and list of
> variables
> >> that have to be followed by any project that wants to contribute to th=
e
> >> experiment. Each CORDEX region has a coordinator and regional and
> >> international periodic meetings are scheduled in a way to ensure the
> >> global well being. NARCCAP is the U.S. contribution to CORDEX. From th=
e
> >> [[http://www.globalchange.gov/**what-we-do/assessment/nca-**overview|U=
S
> <http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/nca-overview%7CUS>
> >> National Climate Assessment]] site, work is "being conducted under the
> >> auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The GCRA requires =
a
> >> report to the President and the Congress every four years that
> integrates,
> >> evaluates, and interprets the findings of the U.S. Global Change
> Research
> >> Program (USGCRP); analyzes the effects of global change on the natural
> >> environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water
> >> resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social
> systems,
> >> and biological diversity; and analyzes current trends in global change=
,
> >> both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the
> >> subsequent 25 to 100 years."
> >>
> >> Apache Open Climate Workbench will support all of these communities
> above,
> >> with an eye towards being a general purpose climate evaluation toolkit
> for
> >> model output and remote sensing data.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Core Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> The initial set of developers comes from various NASA centers (JPL, an=
d
> >> Goddard Space Flight Center), NASA HQ, various  Universities
> participating
> >> in CORDEX (Cape Town, University of New South Wales), the Indian
> Institute
> >> of Tropical Meteorology, the Free Univ. Berlin), the University of
> >> California Los Angeles, and Howard University. As mentioned previously
> >> several of our developers are Apache veterans and understand how it
> works
> >> around here and for those that don't, they will have great mentorship.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Alignment =3D=3D=3D
> >> Our proposed effort aligns with the U.S. National Climate Assessment,
> the
> >> CORDEX effort, other efforts, including the Earth System Grid
> Federation,
> >> other climate software including the Open Climate GIS toolkit, other
> >> science portals for climate including the Climate Information Portal
> (CIP)
> >> at the University of Cape Town, and other related projects.
> >>
> >> There are also a number of related Apache projects and dependencies,
> that
> >> will be mentioned in the Relationships with Other Apache products
> section.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Known Risks =3D=3D
> >> =3D=3D=3D Orphaned products =3D=3D=3D
> >> Our project has a history of funding support from JPL, NASA
> (Applications
> >> program/ARRA, NCA, AIST), NSF (ExArch project), international investme=
nt
> >> from collaborators, and from other funding sources. The funding source=
s
> >> are all target future deliverables and activities, so there is little
> >> chance this software and community will be orphaned.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Inexperience with Open Source =3D=3D=3D
> >> All the initial developers have worked on open source before -- 30% of
> the
> >> proposed initial community are experience with the ASF, and are PMC
> >> members and committers on ASF project including 6 ASF members. Our
> mentors
> >> are all ASF members, and we welcome any interest from additional Apach=
e
> >> mentors in the effort. Those 70% of our project that aren't Apache
> >> committers, PMC members, or members will benefit from the leadership o=
f
> >> the other 30% of the project.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Homogenous Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> The initial developers come from a variety of backgrounds and with a
> >> variety of needs for the proposed framework. Everyone is used to
> >> communicating on mailing lists as the project spans timezones,
> >> international institutions and centers of excellence for climate
> science.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Reliance on Salaried Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> All of the proposed initial developers are paid to work on this or
> related
> >> projects, but the proposed project is not the primary task for anyone.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Relationships with Other Apache Products =3D=3D=3D
> >> As mentioned above, RCMES and the Apache Open Climate Workbench alread=
y
> >> depend on Apache OODT for facade interfaces to underlying data
> warehouses
> >> for storing remote sensing data; and for metadata extraction and
> >> transformation. The software also uses Apache Tika for this (through a
> >> transitive dependency from OODT). In addition, we have hooks to Apache
> >> Hadoop/HIVE, as well as dependencies on Apache Sqoop for dumping out
> >> remote sensing data from MySQL and into HIVE.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand =3D=3D=3D
> >> All of us are familiar with Apache and have a respect for its brand an=
d
> >> community. Chris Mattmann is a big proponent of Apache's sustainabilit=
y
> >> factor -- and it's ability to grow software communities, in an
> >> institution, or funding source neutral manner. All of the community ha=
ve
> >> an extreme respect for Apache, including those in our communities who
> >> aren't necessarily trained computer scientists, but are Scientists (bi=
g
> >> "S", e.g., land, physical, Earth/Climate scientists).
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Documentation =3D=3D
> >> The initial RCMES code base will come from the internal JPL Subversion
> >> repository. The [[Regional Climate Model Evaluation System (RCMES)
> >> project|http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.**gov <http://rcmes.jpl.nasa.gov>]] at
> >> [[JPL|http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/**]]
> >> has documentation on the existing software, including links to funding
> >> support, communities, and other projects. We will continue to maintain
> >> that site at JPL, which is part of the reason for rebranding the proje=
ct
> >> here at Apache with a new name to not interfere with the existing RCME=
S
> >> one that has a following. In addition, we hope to evolve RCMES@JPL to
> >> have
> >> increasing levels of dependency on Apache Open Climate Workbench, so
> that
> >> we can incrementally transition with little impact to existing
> customers.
> >>
> >> In addition, JPL's [[http://cdx.jpl.nasa.gov|**Climate Data eXchange
> >> (CDX)]]
> >> website also has documentation on the existing software.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Initial Source =3D=3D
> >> The project will start with seed code donated by NASA JPL via Mattmann
> and
> >> the rest of the initial committers, which consists of the Regional
> Climate
> >> Model Evaluation System (RCMES) toolkit, and the Climate Data eXchange
> >> (CDX) software. This will include the core Python API for RCMET, the
> RCMED
> >> OODT catalog project (which stores remote sensing data to MySQL/PostGI=
S,
> >> and HIVE), and the RCMED extractors for various climate formats. The
> >> source will also include Easy-RCMET, the Python Buildout for RCMET. In
> >> addition, we will bring along the CDX toolkit, which includes a CDX
> client
> >> package that performs subsetting, access, regridding of climate data;
> and
> >> also includes a Python Buildout installer of its own called Uber CDX.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan =3D=3D
> >> All seed code and other contributions will be handled through the norm=
al
> >> Apache contribution process. Mattmann has been authorized by NASA JPL =
to
> >> lead the contribution of RCMES and CDX into the Incubator via his
> existing
> >> Apache CLA, and a Software Grant to be provided.
> >>
> >> We will also contact other related efforts for possible cooperation an=
d
> >> contributions.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D External Dependencies =3D=3D
> >> Our project depends on a number of external libraries with various
> >> licensing conditions. An initial list of such dependencies is shown
> below.
> >> ||<tableclass=3D"bodyTable"**rowclass=3D"b">'''Library''' ||'''License=
''' ||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"b">[[http://www.**ncl.ucar.edu/|NCAR<
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/%7CNCAR>NCL]]||MIT compat||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"a">[[http://www.**pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml|**PyNIO]]||M=
IT<
> http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml%7CPyNIO%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"b">[[http://www.**pyngl.ucar.edu/|PyNGL]]||MIT<
> http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/%7CPyNGL%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"a">[[http://**matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|**
> >> Matplotlib]]||Modified<
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/%7CMatplotlib%5D%5D%7C%7CModified>
> >>   PSF license||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"b">[[http://**scipy.org/|Scipy]]||MIT<
> http://scipy.org/%7CScipy%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"a">[[http://**numpy.scipy.org/|NumPy]]||MIT<
> http://numpy.scipy.org/%7CNumPy%5D%5D%7C%7CMIT>compat||
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"b">[[http://www.**hdfgroup.org/HDF5/|HDF5]]||**BSD||<
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/%7CHDF5%5D%5D%7C%7CBSD%7C%7C>
> >> ||<rowclass=3D"a">[[http://www.**unidata.ucar.edu/software/**
> >> netcdf/|NetCDF]]||MI<
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/%7CNetCDF%5D%5D%7C%7CMI>
> >> T||
> >>
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Cryptography =3D=3D
> >> The project itself will not use cryptography, but it is possible that
> some
> >> of the external software libraries will include cryptographic code to
> >> handle features present in various science data formats. If we need to
> >> provide an export control statement regarding cryptographic code per
> >> Apache policy, we will follow a similar approach by Mattmann in
> >> [[http://lucene.apache.org/**nutch/|Apache<
> http://lucene.apache.org/nutch/%7CApache>Nutch]] and by Jukka Zitting lea=
d
> >> this effort in Apache Tika. Mattmann is familiar with this process.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Required Resources =3D=3D
> >> Mailing lists
> >>
> >>   * dev@climate.incubator.apache.**org <
> dev@climate.incubator.apache.org>
> >>   * commits@climate.incubator.**apache.org<
> commits@climate.incubator.apache.org>
> >>   * private@climate.incubator.**apache.org<
> private@climate.incubator.apache.org>
> >>
> >> Subversion Directory
> >>
> >>   * https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/incubator/climate<
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/climate>
> >>
> >> Issue Tracking
> >>
> >>   * JIRA CLIMATE (CLIMATE)
> >>
> >> Other Resources
> >>
> >>   * CLIMATE Wiki http://cwiki.apache.org/**CLIMATE<
> http://cwiki.apache.org/CLIMATE>
> >>   * Review Board instance - CLIMATE
> >>   * Jenkins instance - CLIMATE
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Initial Committers =3D=3D
> >> ||'''Name''' ||'''Email''' ||'''Affiliation''' ||'''CLA''' ||
> >> ||Chris A. Mattmann ||mattmann at apache dot org
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes ||
> >> ||Cameron E. Goodale ||goodale at apache dot org
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes ||
> >> ||Paul Ramirez ||pramirez at apache dog org
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes ||
> >> ||Andrew F. Hart ||ahart at apache dot org
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes ||
> >> ||Jinwon Kim||jkim at atmos dot ucla dot edu
> >> ||[[http://jifresse.ucla.edu|**UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth
> >> System Science and Engineering]] || no||
> >> ||Duane Waliser||duane dot waliser at jpl dot nasa dot gov
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || no ||
> >> ||Huikyo Lee||Huikyo dot Lee at jpl dot nasa dot
> >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || no ||
> >> ||Paul Loikith|| Paul dot C dot Loikith at jpl dot nasa dot gov
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || no ||
> >> ||Daniel J. Crichton||crichton at apache dot
> >> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes ||
> >> ||Kim Whitehall||Kim dot D dot Whitehall at jpl dot nasa dot gov
> >> ||[[http://www.physics1.**howard.edu/~pmisra/HUPAS/**
> >> HUPAS/HUPAS%20Jenkins.html<
> http://www.physics1.howard.edu/~pmisra/HUPAS/HUPAS/HUPAS%20Jenkins.html>
> >> |Howard University]] || no ||
> >> ||Paul Zimdars||pzimdars at apache dot
> >> org||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes ||
> >> ||Chris Jack||cjack at csag dot uct dot ac dot
> >> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.**za/|University<
> http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/%7CUniversity>of Cape Town]] || no ||
> >> ||Bruce Hewitson||hewitson at csag dot uct dot ac dot
> >> za||[[http://www.csag.uct.ac.**za/|University<
> http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/%7CUniversity>of Cape Town]] || no ||
> >> ||Lluis Fita Borrell||l dot fitaborrell at unsw dot edu dot
> >> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|**University <
> http://unsw.edu.au/%7CUniversity>of New South Wales]] || yes ||
> >> ||Jason Evans||jason dot evans at unsw dot edu dot
> >> au||[[http://unsw.edu.au/|**University <
> http://unsw.edu.au/%7CUniversity>of New South Wales]] || no ||
> >> ||Estani Gonzalez||estanislao dot gonzalez at met dot fu-berlin dot de
> >> ||[[http://www.geo.fu-berlin.**de/met/|Free<
> http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/met/%7CFree>University Berlin]] || yes ||
> >> ||Luca Cinquini||luca dot cinquini at jpl dot nasa dot gov
> >> ||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>J=
et
> Propulsion Laboratory]] || yes ||
> >> ||J. Sanjay||sanjay at tropmet dot res dot in ||
> >> [[http://tropmet.res.in/|**Indian <http://tropmet.res.in/%7CIndian>Ins=
titute
> of Tropical Meteorology]] || yes
> >> ||
> >> ||M. V. S. Rama Rao||ramarao at tropmet dot res dot in
> >> ||[[http://tropmet.res.in/|**Indian <http://tropmet.res.in/%7CIndian>I=
nstitute
> of Tropical Meteorology]] ||
> >> yes ||
> >> ||Tsengdar Lee||tsengdar dot j dot lee at nasa dot gov ||
> >> [[http://hq.nassa.gov/|NASA HQ]] || no ||
> >> ||Laura Carriere||laura dot carriere at nasa dot gov
> >> ||[[http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/|**NASA <http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/%7CNASA=
>Goddard
> Space Flight Center]] || no ||
> >> ||Denis Nadeau|| denis dot nadeau at nasa dot
> >> gov||[[http://www.gsfc.nasa.**gov/|NASA<
> http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/%7CNASA>Goddard Space Flight Center]] || no
> >> ||
> >> ||Michael Joyce|| Michael dot J dot Joyce at jpl dot nasa dot
> >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes||
> >> ||Shakeh Khudikyan||Shakeh dot E dot Khudikyan at jpl dot nasa dot
> >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||yes||
> >> ||Maziyar Boustani||Maziyar dot Boustani at jpl dot nasa dot
> >> gov||[[http://www.jpl.nasa.**gov/|NASA <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/%7CNAS=
A>Jet
> Propulsion Laboratory]] ||no||
> >> ||Suresh Marru||smarru at apache dot org||[[
> http://pti.iu.edu/|**Indiana<http://pti.iu.edu/%7CIndiana>
> >> University]] ||yes||
> >>
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Sponsors =3D=3D
> >> Champion
> >>
> >>   * Chris Mattmann (mattmann at apache dot org)
> >>
> >> Nominated Mentors
> >>
> >>   * Chris A. Mattmann (mattmann at apache dot org)
> >>   * Chris Douglas (cdouglas at apache dot org)
> >>   * Paul Ramirez (pramirez at apache dot org)
> >>
> >> Sponsoring Entity
> >>
> >>   * Apache Incubator
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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