PATC Course: Earth Sciences Simulation Environments

Date: 30/Nov/2016 Time: 09:00 - 02/Dec/2016 Time: 18:00

Place:

The course will take place in
Barcelona Supercomputing Centre,
within the UPC Campus Nord premises.

Room VS208, Vertex Building

 

 

 

Target group: Level: (All courses are designed for specialists with at least 1st cycle degree or similar background experience) For trainees with some theoretical and practical knowledge  

Cost: There is no registration fee. The attendees would need to cover the expenses for travel, accommodation and meals.

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Day 1

9:00-10:40 Introduction to earth science fundamentals and modelling.

10:40-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:40 Introduction to Linux and HPC, BSC facilities, PRACE and RES

12:40-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:40 HPC hands-on tutorial. At the end of this tutorial, the students will be able to compile and execute jobs in Mare Nostrum 3.

15:40-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:40 Introduction to analysis and visualisation tools for model outputs (s2dverification, MapGenerator, CDO, NCO, panoply, ncview)

 

20:00 Social dinner (participants pay individually)

 

Day 2

09:00-10:00 Lecture on the NMMB/BSC-CTM chemical transport model.

10:00-11:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model.

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run a prepared case.

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-16:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.

16:00-16:20 Coffee break

16:20-17:00 Presentation session. Attendees can present their work or research interests. (It is not compulsory for attendees to bring slides.)

 

Day 3

09:00-10:00 Lecture on the EC-EARTH climate model.

10:00-11:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model with Autosubmit.

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run with a prepared case.

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-16:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.

16:00-16:20 Coffee break

16:30-17:00 MareNostrum visit