BSC Training Course: Earth Sciences Simulation Environments

Date: 30/Oct/2023 Time: 09:30 - 31/Oct/2023 Time: 17:30

Place:

Online via Zoom

Target group: Level: (All courses are designed for specialists with at least 1st cycle degree or similar background experience) INTERMEDIATE: For trainees with at least a University degree in progress in Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related area.

Cost: There is no registration fee.

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Objectives

This BSC Training Course aims to cover the basics of high-performance computing (HPC) environment oriented towards earth science applications, specifically chemical weather modelling and climate modelling.
 

More precisely, the course will cover:

  • Introduction to earth science fundamentals and modelling;
  • Basic usage of an HPC environment: shell, compilers, libraries, file systems, queuing system and parallel computing.
  • Configure targeted earth science applications with the NMMB-MONARCH atmosphere chemistry model;
  • Execute and monitor numerical experiments using a workflow manager;
  • Analyse and visualise model outputs with a wide set of tools.

Requirements

Prerequisites:

At least a University degree in progress in Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related area
Basic knowledge of UNIX.
Knowledge of C, FORTRAN, MPI or openMP is recommended.
Knowledge of Earth Sciences data formats is recommended (grib, netcdf, hdf,…).
Knowledge of R and Python

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn and gain experience in accessing an HPC facility, running numerical simulations, monitoring the execution of supercomputing jobs, and analysing and visualising model results.

Academic Staff

Conveners

Aude Carreric, Recognized Researcher, BSC-ES, Climate Variability and Change Group
Rosa Rodriguez, Recognized Researcher, BSC-ES, Earth System Services Group

Course Lecturers: Earth Sciences Department researchers involved in the group of Computational Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Composition, Climate Prediction and Earth System Services.

Course Lecturers

Oriol Jorba, Leading Researcher, BSC-ES, Atmospheric Composition Group

Aude Carreric, Recognized Researcher, BSC-ES, Climate Variability and Change Group

Marta Terrado, Recognized Researcher, BSC-ES, Earth System Services Group

Mario Acosta, Leading Researcher, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Iria Ayan, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Eric Ferrer, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière, Senior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Gilbert Montane, Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Alejandro García, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Genís Bonet, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

An-Chi Ho, Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Eva Rifà, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

Victoria Agudetse, Junior Research Engineer, BSC-ES, Computational Earth Sciences Group

 

Materials

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Further information

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