MPAS-A Tutorial Agenda


 

Monday, 10 August

9:15 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Introductions
9:45 - 10:05 (20 mins) MPAS Overview
10:05 - 10:25 (20 mins) MPAS-A System Requirements and Installation
10:25 - 11:15 (50 mins) Running MPAS, part 1: Creating ICs and running a basic global simulation
11:15 - 11:30 (15 mins) Break
11:30 - 11:40 (10 mins) Introduction to the practical exercises
11:40 - 12:30 (50 mins) Practical session
12:30 - 13:45 (75 mins) Lunch
13:45 - 14:15 (30 mins) Running MPAS, part 2: Variable-resolution, I/O streams, restarts, and other options
14:15 - 15:00 (45 mins) Practical session
15:00 - 15:15 (15 mins) Break
15:15 - 16:15 (60 mins) Practical session


 

Tuesday, 11 August

9:15 - 10:05 (50 mins) Dynamics and dynamics configuration
10:05 - 10:50 (45 mins) Physics and physics configuration
10:50 - 11:05 (15 mins) Break
11:05 - 11:35 (30 mins) An overview of the structure of MPAS meshes
11:35 - 12:05 (30 mins) Running MPAS, part 3: Preparing limited-area meshes and LBCs
12:05 - 12:35 (30 mins) Post-processing and visualizing MPAS-Atmosphere output
12:35 - 13:45 (70 mins) Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 (75 mins) Practical session
15:00 - 15:15 (15 mins) Break
15:15 - 16:15 (60 mins) Practical session


 

Wednesday, 12 August

9:15 - 9:40 (25 mins) Unique aspects of MPAS code: Registry, pools, and logging
9:40 - 10:05 (25 mins) Adding passive tracers to MPAS-Atmosphere simulations
10:05 - 10:30 (25 mins) Computing new diagnostic fields in MPAS-Atmosphere simulations
10:30 - 10:45 (15 mins) Break
10:45 - 11:15 (30 mins) Debugging MPAS simulations
11:15 - 11:55 (40 mins) MPAS mesh generation
11:55 - 12:20 (25 mins) New MPAS capabilities under development, and concluding remarks
12:20 - 13:35 (75 mins) Lunch
13:35 - 14:40 (65 mins) Practical session
14:40 - 14:55 (15 mins) Break
14:55 - 16:15 (80 mins) Practical session

 

MPAS-JEDI Tutorial Agenda



 

Thursday, 13 August 2026

8:30 – 9:00 (30 mins) Registration  
9:00 – 9:05 (5 mins) Welcome and Agenda BJ Jung
9:05 – 09:50 (45 mins) Fundamentals of Data Assimilation (slides) Chris Snyder
9:50 – 10:20 (30 mins) JEDI introduction and code structure (slides) Nate Crossette
10:20 – 10:40 (20 mins) Group Photo and Break  
10:40 – 11:00 (20 mins) MPAS-JEDI Overview & Intro to practices (slides) BJ Jung
11:00 – 11:30 (30 mins) Observations (1): UFO, IODA, Obs Converters (slides) François Vandenberghe
11:30 – 12:30 (60 mins) Practical session (1): code build/ctest  
12:30 – 13:30 (60 mins) Lunch  
13:30 – 14:00 (30 mins) Observations (2): obs2ioda converter & HofX Application (slides) Ivette Hernández Baños
14:00 – 14:35 (35 mins) Algorithms (1): 3D/4DEnVar (slides) Junmei Ban
14:35 – 15:15 (40 mins) Observations (3): Assimilate "conventional" obs (slides) BJ Jung
15:15 – 15:30 (15 mins) Break  
15:30 – 17:30 (120 mins) Practical session (2): obs conversion, hofx, localization, 3D/4DEnVar with conventional obs  


 

Friday, 14 August 2026

9:00 – 9:45 (45 mins) Algorithms (2): 3DVar, Static B, and hybrid-EnVar (slides) BJ Jung
9:45 – 10:30 (45 mins) Observations (4): Satellite radiance DA (slides) Ivette Hernández Baños
10:30 – 10:45 (15 mins) Break  
10:45 – 11:20 (35 mins) Algorithms (3): EDA and LETKF (slides) Simon Toedtli
11:20 – 12:30 (70 mins) Practical session (3): 3DVar/Hybrid with satellite radiance  
12:30 – 13:30 (60 mins) Lunch  
13:30 – 14:15 (45 mins) Cycling DA and Graphics package (slides) Ivette Hernández Baños
14:15 – 14:30 (15 mins) Regional MPAS-JEDI (slides) Junmei Ban
14:30 – 14:50 (20 mins) spack-stack: building jedi bundles on your own machine (slides) Evan Parker
14:50 – 15:05 (15 mins) Break  
15:05 – 17:00 (115 mins) Practical session (4): EDA/LETKF, Plot OMB/OMA, Regional