.. _Support-and-Contact:

Support
*******

Support for ESMValTool can be found in `ESMValTool Discussions page
<https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/discussions>`__
where users can open an issue and a member of the `User Engagement Team
<mailto:esmvaltool_user_engagement_team@listserv.dfn.de>`_ of ESMValTool
will reply as soon as possible.
This is open for all general and technical questions on the ESMValTool:
installation, application, development, or any other question or comment
you may have.

.. _mailing-list:

User mailing list
-----------------

Subscribe to the ESMValTool announcements mailing list
`esmvaltool@listserv.dfn.de <mailto:esmvaltool@listserv.dfn.de>`__
to stay up to date about new releases, monthly online meetings, upcoming workshops, and trainings.

To subscribe, send an email to
`sympa@listserv.dfn.de <mailto:sympa@listserv.dfn.de?subject=subscribe%20esmvaltool>`_
with the following subject line:

-  *subscribe esmvaltool*

or

-  *subscribe esmvaltool YOUR_FIRSTNAME YOUR_LASTNAME*

The mailing list also has a `public archive <https://www.listserv.dfn.de/sympa/arc/esmvaltool>`_ online.

.. _monthly-meetings:

Monthly meetings
----------------

We have monthly online meetings using `zoom <https://zoom.us/>`__, anyone with
an interest in the ESMValTool is welcome to join these meetings to connect with
the community.
These meetings are always announced in a discussion
on the `ESMValTool Community <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/Community/discussions>`_
repository and on the mailing-list_.

.. _core-team:

Development team
----------------

ESMValTool is developed by a community of scientists and research software
engineers from multiple institutes. An overview of the team is available
on the `development team page <https://esmvaltool.org/team/>`__.

Recipes and diagnostics
-----------------------

Contacts for specific diagnostic sets are the respective authors, as
listed in the corresponding :ref:`recipe and diagnostic documentation<recipes>`
and in the source code.