Enabling scientific progress through cyberinfrastructure (CI) requires a partnership between the developers of CI and the researchers, educators, and policy makers that will use the developed CI in support of their use of science data products in advancing their work. This partnership is effectively developed through focused interaction between CI developers and CI users. The purpose of this project is to engage in structured dialog with with researchers in all three Tri-state states to identify specific research processes, data management and analytic tools, barriers and limitations to successful execution of those processes, and ultimately the CI capabilities that can enable those processes.
This project is focused on the collaborative development of new CI capabilities (with funding obtained through new grant proposals) in support of mountain hydroclimate research, and the development of documentation (through published papers) of science problems and related workflows that may be enabled through the targeted application of CI capabilities. This report documents the products, outcomes, and future plans that came out of the three workshops that were held (one in each of the Tri-state states) during the week of November 15-19, 2010.