The Permafrost Benchmark System (PBS) is an open source web application for conducting benchmarking studies of permafrost models. The PBS wraps the command-line ILAMB benchmarking system with a customized version of the CSDMS Web Modeling Tool (WMT), and adds tools for uploading CMIP5-compatible model outputs and benchmark datasets. The PBS allows users to access and run ILAMB remotely, without having to install software or data locally; a web browser on a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer is all that's needed.
The PBS home page is https://permamodel.github.io/pbs. It contains links for registration and documentation.
This work is supported under NASA award 14-CMAC14-NNX16AB19G, A Permafrost Benchmark System to Evaluate Permafrost Models.