Global Workflow (GW) Documentation

The Global Workflow (GW) is an end-to-end system designed to run global configurations of medium range weather forecasts for the Unified Forecast System (UFS) weather model. It is designed to support both development and operational implementations.

Code managers

• David Huber - @DavidHuber-NOAA / david.huber@noaa.gov

• Travis Elless - @TravisElles-NOAA / travis.j.elless@noaa.gov

Announcements

General updates: NOAA employees and affiliates can join the gfs-announce distribution list to get updates on the GFS and GW. Contact a code manager to get added to the list or removed from it.

GitHub updates: Users should adjust their “Watch” settings for this repo so they receive notifications as they’d like to. Find the “Watch” or “Unwatch” button towards the top right of the authoritative global-workflow repository page and click it to adjust how you watch the repo.

GW Documentation, Version 1.0

• User’s Guide
  • Table of Contents
    • 1. Background Information
    • 2. Global Workflow Components
    • 3. HPC Setup and Support
    • 4. Setup Globus Connections for HPSS
    • 5. Global Forecast System (GFS) Configuration
    • 6. Global Chemistry and Aerosol Forecast System (GCAFS)
    • 7. Running Global Workflow on Supported HPC
    • 8. Setup and Run Global Workflow on CSPs
    • 9. Plotting Output
    • 10. Common Errors and Known Issues

• Contributor’s Guide
  • Table of Contents
    • 1. Contributing to the Global Workflow
    • 2. Testing Global Workflow Jobs
    • 3. GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Infrastructure
    • 4. Wave Component