The SCOOP program at SURA has prototyped a distributed cyber infrastructure to support scientific discovery with the goal of improving coastal predictions.

You can use the open-access SCOOP infrastructure in any of the following three ways:

1. Search the catalog

The SCOOP Catalog and Data Services includes a searchable registry of archived data that are distributed across the Internet. You can search the catalog to discover and download a variety of resources including: (1) historical hurricane-wind forecasts that can be used to drive retrospective numerical simulations, (2) historical observations that can be used for model verification studies, and (3) results of numerical simulations performed by participating scientists.

2. Perform numerical experiments

Scientists can perform numerical experiments through a portal interface that connects to the SCOOP Application Manager (SAM). The SAM is a configurable workflow tool for distributed computing applications. The SAM portal allows scientists to integrate and configure SCOOP data services and numerical models that run on distributed computing environments such as SURAgrid.

3. Preview results or compare models

The SCOOP infrastructure allows provides services to preview contents of the real-time data network and results from the modeling testbed. This capability allows scientists to easily compare different models with one another.