Description: This talk will discuss state-of-the-art techniques for lossy compression of scientific data, describe an open source scientific file format under development at NCAR that supports wavelet-based lossy compression, and describe the challenges of providing meaningful error metrics for assessing information loss.

Presenter: John Clyne, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Date: October 12, 2016

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