# Applying for Atmosphere WG Resources

**URL:** <https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/applying-for-atmosphere-wg-resources/844>\
**Category:** Working Group\
**Tags:** experiment, working-group, atmosphere\
**Created:** [13 June 2023 01:14 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/applying-for-atmosphere-wg-resources/844 "2023-06-13T01:14:42Z")\
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# Introduction

ACCESS-NRI allocates compute and storage resources to the Working Groups (WGs) to use to support their activities.

Currently, those resources consist of computational resources (KSUs) and storage (`/g/data` allocations) on Gadi. For the Atmosphere WG, they are allocated through the [gx60](https://my.nci.org.au/mancini/project/gx60) project, which you must join the project to be able to access them.

# Proposal for distributing resources

Aimed at prioritising the needs of the community, a process for allocating resources amongst WGs has been put in place according to the [ACCESS-NRI Merit Allocation Guidelines](https://www.access-nri.org.au/access-nri-merit-allocation-guidelines/).

**Proposal:**  
[Create a topic](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/new-topic?title=Experiment%20Proposal%3A%20Title&category_id=41&tags=atmosphere,experiment,working-group) with a brief outline of the proposed experiment ([see example](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/experiment-proposal-example-last-millennium-sam-variability/800)).  
Other community members who want to collaborate or use the results of the experiment should reply indicating their support. The _topic_ is also where to have discussions around how the experiment is configured, how it might be shared, etc.

Requirements for anyone allocated WG resources for an experiment:

1. _Engage in good-faith collaboration to align with community requirements_,  
e.g., Save output diagnostics required by others
2. _Report back to the WG community_:  
Update their experiment topic with results, including sufficient metadata, to enable others to use their results; communicate this at the next WG meeting.
3. _Make data from experiments available to other community members_.  
This could be facilitated by ACCESS-NRI if shared storage is not available.

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# Short Version

If you would like to use some of the Atmosphere WG allocation:

- [join gx60](https://my.nci.org.au/mancini/project/gx60) and
- [create a topic](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/new-topic?title=Experiment%20Proposal%3A%20Title&category_id=41&tags=atmosphere,experiment,working-group) outlining your experiment.
- Share your proposal in the Atmosphere WG community, engage with questions and convince your fellow members of the merits of your experiment and urge them to reply to the topic indicating their support.

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