12.12.2025
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Infrastructure Panel (WIP) is a panel of the Scientific Steering Group (SSG) of the ESMO Core Project. The WIP is charged with coordinating and promoting a robust and sustainable global data infrastructure in support of the development, dissemination, and evaluation of Global and Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project (MIP) data through the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) and other WCRP and community modelling activities as resources are available. This coordination role includes interaction with infrastructure delivery partners, most notably the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF), ensuring that the technical requirements of infrastructure contributors to meet CMIP project infrastructure delivery are met.
The demands on this global data infrastructure are growing with an ever wider and more diverse users, rapidly advancing data technologies, and increasing numbers of climate data portals and platforms. The WIP is seeking new members to help address these and the many other challenges in preparing the infrastructure for CMIP7, and beyond, and offer new insight and fresh thinking.
This call invites the community to nominate candidates (including self-nomination) who have well demonstrated skills and experience in any of the following:
- Cloud computing infrastructure
- Lossy compression
- User experience and interface development
- Standardisation tools e.g., CMOR, pycmor, XIOS
- Support for machine learning models
- Applications for other topics within the WIP’s remit may also be considered
For further information and to apply please see https://wcrp-cmip.org/open-call-for-wip-member-2025/. Deadline for applications is 08:00 UTC, Friday 30th January 2026.