earthkit is a new open-source Python project led by ECMWF, providing powerful tools for speeding up weather and climate science workflows by simplifying data access, processing, analysis, visualisation and much more. Earthkit offers multiple interoperable software components built on top of well-established open-source Python libraries.
We are currently developing earthkit-climate, the package responsible for the climate index calculation within the earthkit ecosystem. It includes a wrapper prototype that allows users to compute a large amount of pre-defined climate indices or to define new ones, using the data-handling capabilities of earthkit and the scientifically validated indicators library provided by the xclim Python package.
This survey is intended to identify the current tools and technical stack used to compute climate indices by scientists, policymakers and other stakeholders, as well as to collect unmet needs. This will help us to identify the gaps that the earthkit-climate package (currently in BETA) could address, including features, usability and interoperability.
Estimated time: 3-5 minutes
Please note: This survey will close on 14th April 2026 . Make sure to complete and submit your responses before this deadline.
ECMWF Support
on behalf of Thematic Applications team