User’s Guide

Table of Contents

• 1. Background Information
  • 1.1. Documentation Organization
  • 1.2. Documentation Conventions
  • 1.3. GW User Support and Community Contributions
• 2. Global Workflow Components
  • 2.1. Component Repositories
  • 2.2. Additional Resources for New Users
  • 2.3. External dependencies
• 3. HPC Setup and Support
  • 3.1. Minimum system software requirements
  • 3.2. Feature availability by RDHPCS
  • 3.3. HPC Helpdesks
  • 3.4. Restricted Data Access
• 4. Setup Globus Connections for HPSS
  • 4.1. Setting Up Globus
  • 4.2. Common Globus Issues
• 5. Global Forecast System (GFS) Configuration
  • 5.1. Jobs run in the GFS Configuration
  • 5.2. Experimental vs Operational Runs: A Snapshot
• 6. Global Chemistry and Aerosol Forecast System (GCAFS)
  • 6.1. Overview
  • 6.2. Key Features
  • 6.3. Running GCAFS
  • 6.4. GCAFS Workflow
  • 6.5. Configuration Files
  • 6.6. Emissions Preprocessing
  • 6.7. GOCART Configuration Files
  • 6.8. Output Products
• 7. Running Global Workflow on Supported HPC
  • 7.1. Clone and build Global Workflow
  • 7.2. Initial Conditions
  • 7.3. Experiment Setup
  • 7.4. Configure Run
  • 7.5. Start your run
  • 7.6. Monitor ROCOTO Run
  • 7.7. View Experiment output
• 8. Setup and Run Global Workflow on CSPs
  • 8.1. Configuring NOAA CSPs
  • 8.2. Running Global Workflow on CSPs
• 9. Plotting Output
  • 9.1. Plotting Analysis Output
  • 9.2. Plotting Forecast Output
• 10. Common Errors and Known Issues
  • 10.1. Error: Reserved Variables Causing Workflow Issues
  • 10.2. Error: “ImportError” message when running setup script
  • 10.3. Error: curses default colors when running viewer
  • 10.4. Issue: Directory name change for EnKF folder in ROTDIR