Dear colleagues,

Climate data (climate simulations, palaeo reconstructions, reanalyses or observational references) make the heart of our scientic work, our teaching activities and dissemination of our research to wider audiences including the media and social networks. Maintaining a well-organized climate data base at TECLIM is therefore essential to facilitate our everyday work and in particular that of early-stage scientists (Master and PhD students) who are not necessarily aware of data availability nor where and how to obtain them. An up-to-date climate data base is also an asset in case a seemingly extreme climate event occurs and a journalist wants to know more about it. It would be painful to explain that you can't precisely answer how unusual the event was, just because you don't have the data at hand.

In light of these needs, and the current lack of a coordinated data management strategy in our pole, Pierre-Yves and myself would like to call a meeting to discuss several issues and how to move forward towards a more integrated and consistent data management at TECLIM. Your participation to that meeting is highly encouraged if you plan to be a user of these data in the future, because this meeting will the place where conventions, meta-data specification, standards and best practices will be discussed.

Please, fill in the following doodle before this Thursday night (the 12th of January). In the mean time, Pierre-Yves and myself will prepare an agenda of items to be discussed.
