PATC: Earth Sciences Simulation Environments

Date: 29/Nov/2017 Time: 10:00 - 01/Dec/2017 Time: 18:00

Place:

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

C6-E101

 

 

 

 

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 (Nov. 29)
10:00-11:30 Introduction to earth science fundamentals and modelling.
    11:30-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-13:30 Introduction to Linux and HPC, BSC facilities, PRACE and RES
    13:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 HPC hands-on tutorial. At the end of this tutorial, the students will be able
to compile and execute jobs on Mare Nostrum 4.
    16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-18:00 Introduction to analysis and visualisation tools for model outputs
(s2dverification, MapGenerator, CDO, NCO, panoply, ncview)
    20:00 Social dinner (participants pay individually)


Day 2 (Nov 30)
10:00-11:00 Lecture on the NMMB-MONARCH chemical transport model.
11:00-12:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model.
    12:00-12:30 Coffee break
12:30-14:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run a prepared case.
    14:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-17:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and
visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.


Day 3 (Dec 1)
10:00-11:00 Lecture on the EC-EARTH climate model.
11:00-12:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model with Autosubmit.
    12:00-12:30 Coffee break
12:30-14:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run with a prepared case.
    14:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-17:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and
visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.
17:00-17:30 MareNostrum visit