G-NEMO: a Grid empowered version of the state-of-the-art European modelling framework for oceanographic research

The availability of computer power on Grid platforms has prompted the implementation of complex codes on distributed systems and, consequently, the development of appropriate visual interfaces and tools able to minimize the skills requested to the final user to carry out massive Grid calculations. In this work the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) package has been implemented on the Italian Grid Initiative (IGI) infrastructure making use of the IGI web portal. NEMO is developed by a European Consortium established between CNRS (F), Mercator-Ocean (F), NERC (UK), UKMO (UK) and since 2011 CMCC (I) and INGV (I). The work has been carried out within a collaboration with the User Support Unit of IGI and the National Group for Operational Oceanography (GNOO) at National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) and benefits of the activities of a more general project developed inside IGI aimed at deploying a scalable, reliable and easy-to-use HPC distributed platform.