Summary

Platform Model

Model Components

Conformance

Files and Variables

Model Modification

CMIP5 Questionnaire Roadmap – beta1

Inputs Needed

Resolve Inputs

Simulations

References

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1 Use the Platform section to describe the hardware.2 Describe the Model software that you used to run your simulations.3 Specify the Inputs to the model.4 Describe how the Simulations conformed to the CMIP5 experiment requirements.

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CMIP5 Questionnaire Roadmap – beta1

Summary

Platform Model

Model Components

Conformance

Files and Variables

Model Modification

Platform (Hardware) Roadmap – beta1

Inputs Needed

Resolve Inputs

Simulations

References

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3rd

4th

1 Use the Platform section to describe the hardware.

The Platform is a description of the hardware.Either “Add a new Platform” or “Edit” an existing platform description.The Platform can then be associated with Model Software and Simulations.

Screenshot of the Platform page

Platform Hardware Roadmap – beta1

Save and return to the summary pageSave and return to the summary page

Summary

Platform

Describe HardwareDescribe Hardware

Use the Parties tab to enter information to select for Contacts and Funders

Use the Parties tab to enter information to select for Contacts and Funders

Summary

Platform Model

Model Components

Conformance

Files and Variables

Model Modification

Model (Software) Roadmap – beta1

Inputs Needed

Resolve Inputs

Simulations

References

1st 2nd

3rd

4th

2 Describe the Model software that you used to run your simulations.

Summary

Model (Software) Roadmap – beta1

Describe the Model GenealogyUse the tree navigator to access a software component

Save before describing the model software

Describe the software component

The “Add a new model” function creates a new GCM template for

users to rename and specify

Give the model a name and provide contact information

Save

Edit Copy

Once a model description has been created users can Edit it at any time.

It is also possible to Copy the model description and use it as a starting point for describing other similar models.

Start Here!

GCM Template dup

Add new Model

SummaryThe “Add a new model” function creates a new GCM template for users to rename and specify

Model

Model Roadmap – beta1

Save before describing the model softwareSave before describing the model software

The name of the model/software component being edited The name of the model/software component being edited

Give the model a name and provide contact informationGive the model a name and

provide contact information

Describe the Model GenealogyDescribe the Model GenealogyUse the tree navigator to access software componentsUse the tree navigator to access software components

Model

Model Components

Selections from the drop-down list will appear in the “Value” field

Selections from the drop-down list will appear in the “Value” field

A definition pops up when the mouse hovers over an attribute

A definition pops up when the mouse hovers over an attribute

Scroll down and Save before navigating away

Scroll down and Save before navigating away

The name of the software component being edited The name of the software component being edited

Use the tree navigator to access a software componentUse the tree navigator to access a software component

Describe the software componentDescribe the software component

Summary

Platform Model

Model Components

Conformance

Files and Variables

Model Modification

Inputs Roadmap – beta1

Inputs Needed

Resolve Inputs

Simulations

References

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3rd

4th

3 Specify the Inputs to the model.

Inputs Roadmap – beta1

Enter a name and a description for an input

Model Component

Inputs Needed

Declare the type of input

Initial Condition

BoundaryCondition

Ancillary Data

Save

Navigate to the component that requires some kind of input

After saving it is possible to enter additional inputs

“Inputs Needed” and “References” buttons are in the Left Hand frame

References

Select References from the list

Enter Additional References

Input requirements and references appear at the bottom of the component page

How to declare input data files

Inputs Roadmap – beta1

Enter information about the input data file

Files Tab Enter information about a variable

Save

After saving it is possible to enter information

about additional variables

Screenshot of the Files page

How to resolve inputs – default method

Inputs Roadmap – beta1 The “Resolve Inputs” button is in the Left Hand

frame of the model pages

There is one "coupling" entry for each input requirement declared in the model component descriptions.

There is one "coupling" entry for each input requirement declared in the model component descriptions.

Within each Boundary Condition Coupling entry there are four subsections - It is likely that users will only fill out section (2) or section (3) for any one coupling.

Within each Boundary Condition Coupling entry there are four subsections - It is likely that users will only fill out section (2) or section (3) for any one coupling.

Initial condition Couplings bind the input to between one and many variablesAncillary File Couplings bind the input to a single file

Initial condition Couplings bind the input to between one and many variablesAncillary File Couplings bind the input to a single fileAfter saving it is possible to enter additional

Coupling and/or Forcing informationAfter saving it is possible to enter additional

Coupling and/or Forcing information

Which external or internal information is bound to the input requirements?Which external or internal information is bound to the input requirements?

Summary

Platform Model

Model Components

Conformance

Files and Variables

Model Modification

Simulations (Conformance) Roadmap – beta1

Inputs Needed

Resolve Inputs

Simulations

References

1st 2nd

3rd

4th

4 Describe how the Simulations conformed to the CMIP5 experiment requirements.

Simulations Roadmap – beta1

SummaryManage simulations

Experiments Tab

Add

Experiments and Simulations

Add a new Simulation to an experiment

Describe general characteristics and associate the simulation with a

Model and a Platform

Conformance Roadmap – beta1

Click on the experiment name to see the list of experiment requirements.

How are these requirements met by your simulation?

The following pages guide you through the process of describing how your simulation conformed to these requirements.Through input data files and modification of model code.

Go to the model component where the experiment requirements are implemented

Go to the model component where the experiment requirements are implemented

Create “hooks” for: Initial conditions Boundary conditionsAncillary files

Create “hooks” for: Initial conditions Boundary conditionsAncillary files

Use the files tab to enter links to or descriptions of the data used by “input requirements”

Use the files tab to enter links to or descriptions of the data used by “input requirements”

Conformance Roadmap – beta1

Look at the experiment requirements

Conformance

Simulation

Associate Resolved Inputs and Model Modifications with Experiment Requirements

Resolve Inputs

Link Input Requirements with Input Data. (Overrides the default input resolutions)

Model Modifications

Describe model modifications to parameters and/or code

Use the buttons in the Left Hand frame of the simulation page to...

Conformance Roadmap – beta11 Resolve Inputs.

There is one "coupling" entry for each input requirement declared in the model component descriptions.

There is one "coupling" entry for each input requirement declared in the model component descriptions.

Within each Boundary Condition Coupling entry there are four subsections - It is likely that users will only fill out section (2) or section (3) for any one coupling.

Within each Boundary Condition Coupling entry there are four subsections - It is likely that users will only fill out section (2) or section (3) for any one coupling.

Initial condition Couplings bind the input to between one and many variablesAncillary File Couplings bind the input to a single file

Initial condition Couplings bind the input to between one and many variablesAncillary File Couplings bind the input to a single fileAfter saving it is possible to enter additional

Coupling and/or Forcing informationAfter saving it is possible to enter additional

Coupling and/or Forcing information

Which external or internal information is bound to the input requirements?Which external or internal information is bound to the input requirements?

Conformance Roadmap – beta12 Model Modification.

Select modifications related to this experiment

Select modifications related to this experiment

Describe more modificationsDescribe more modifications

Associate the new modification with a component

Associate the new modification with a component

Conformance Roadmap – beta13 Conformance. How are the experiment requirements satisfied by the simulation?

Only one requirement is shown here, there are more in the questionnaire!

Select Conformance

Method

Select Conformance

Method

Select Input Bindings

(Input Resolutions)

Select Input Bindings

(Input Resolutions)

For each Experiment RequirementFor each Experiment Requirement

Select model modifications

Select model modifications

Save before navigating awaySave before navigating away