MPAS-Atmosphere and MPAS-JEDI Tutorials

Agenda

Monday, September 15 – MPAS-A

09:15 – 9:30

Registration and Coffee

9:30 – 9:45

Welcome and Introductions

9:45 – 10:05

MPAS Overview

10:05 – 10:25

MPAS-A System Requirements and Installation

10:25 – 11:20

Running MPAS, part 1: Creating ICs and running a basic global simulation

 11:20 – 11:35

Coffee Break

 11:35 – 11:45

Introduction to the practical exercises

 11:45 – 12:30

Practical session

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch Break

13:45 – 14:15

Running MPAS, part 2: Variable-resolution, I/O streams, restarts, and other options

14:15 – 15:00

Practical session

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15

Practical session

 

Tuesday, September 16 – MPAS-A

9:15 – 10:00

Dynamics and dynamics configuration

10:00 – 10:45

Physics and physics configuration

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30

An overview of the structure of MPAS meshes

11:30 – 12:00

Running MPAS, part 3: Preparing limited-area meshes and LBCs

12:00– 12:30

Post-processing and visualizing MPAS-Atmosphere output

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch Break

13:45 – 15:00

Practical session

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15

Practical session

 

Wednesday, September 17 – MPAS-A                             

9:15 - 9:40

Unique aspects of MPAS code:  Registry, pools, and logging

9:40 – 10:05

Adding passive tracers to MPAS-Atmosphere simulations

10:05 – 10:30

Computing new diagnostic fields in MPAS-Atmosphere simulations

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:25

Spatial discretization, filters, and transport

11:25 – 11:55

MPAS mesh generation

11:55 – 12:20

New MPAS capabilities under development, and concluding remarks

12:20 – 13:45

Lunch Break

13:45 – 15:00

Practical session

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15

Practical session

 

Thursday, September 18 – MPAS-JEDI

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

 

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome and Agenda

Jake Liu

9:05 – 9:50

Fundamentals of Data Assimilation

Chris Snyder

9:50 – 10:20

JEDI introduction and code structure

Nate Crossette

10:20 – 10:40

Group Photo & Coffee Break

 

10:40 – 11:00

MPAS-JEDI Overview & Introduction to the practical exercises

Jake Liu

11:00 – 11:30

Observations (1): UFO, IODA, Obs Converters 

Christian Sampson

11:30 – 12:30

Practical session (1): code build/ctest

 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

 

13:30 – 14:00

Observations (2): obs2ioda converter & HofX Application

Ivette Hernández Baños

14:00 – 14:35

Algorithms (1): 3D/4DEnVar 

Jake Liu

14:35 – 15:15

Observations (3): Assimilate "conventional" obs

Byoung-Joo Jung

 

15:15 – 15:30

Coffee Break

 

15:30 – 17:30

Practical session (2): obs conversion, hofx, localization, 3D/4DEnVar with conventional obs

 

 

Friday, September 22 - MPAS-JEDI

9:00 – 9:45

Algorithms (2): 3DVar, Static B, and hybrid-EnVar

Byoung-Joo Jung

9:45 – 10:30

Observations (4): Satellite radiance DA

Ivette Hernández Baños

10:30 -10:45

Coffee Break

 

10:45 – 11:20

Algorithms (3): EDA and LETKF

Chris Snyder

11:20 – 12:30

Practical session (3): 3DVar/Hybrid with satellite radiance

 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

 

13:30 – 14:15

Cycling DA and Graphics package 

Ivette Hernández Baños

14:15 – 14:30

Regional MPAS-JEDI

Jake Liu

14:30 – 14:50

spack-stack: building jedi bundles on your own machine

Ashley Griffin

14:50 – 15:05

Coffee Break

 

15:05 – 17:00

Practical session (4): EDA/LETKF, Plot OMB/OMA, Regional

 

For links to Slides (JEDI) see below:

Registration
Welcome and Agenda
Fundamentals of Data Assimilation (slides)
JEDI introduction and code structure (slides)
Group Photo and Break
MPAS-JEDI Overview & Intro to practices (slides)
Observations (1): UFO, IODA, Obs Converters (slides)
Practical session (1): code build/ctest
Lunch
Observations (2): obs2ioda converter & HofX Application (slides)
Algorithms (1): 3D/4DEnVar (slides)
Observations (3): Assimilate "conventional" obs (slides)
Break
Practical session (2): obs conversion, hofx, localization, 3D/4DEnVar with conventional obs
 
 
Algorithms (2): 3DVar, Static B, and hybrid-EnVar (slides)
Observations (4): Satellite radiance DA (slides)
Break
Algorithms (3): EDA and LETKF (slides)
Practical session (3): 3DVar/Hybrid with satellite radiance
Lunch
Cycling DA and Graphics package (slides)
Regional MPAS-JEDI (slides)
spack-stack: building jedi bundles on your own machine (slides)
Break
Practical session (4): EDA/LETKF, Plot OMB/OMA, Regional