The registration to this course is now open. Please, bring your own laptop. All the PATC courses at BSC are free of charge.
Course conveners: Francesco Benicasa, Enza Di Tomaso
Course lecturers: Francesco Benincasa, Miguel Castrillo, Neven Fučkar, Oriol Jorba Casellas, Joan López de la Franca, Domingo Manubens, Nicolau Manubens, Kim Serradell Maronda, Oriol Tinto
Objectives: The objective of this PATC course is to cover the basics of a high performance computing (HPC) environment oriented towards earth science applications, specifically chemical weather modelling and climate modelling.
More precisely, the course will cover:
Learning outcomes: Participants will learn and gain experience in accessing an HPC facility, installing earth science numerical models and related utilities and libraries, running numerical simulations, monitoring the execution of supercomputing jobs, analysing and visualising model results.
Level: (All courses are designed for specialists with at least 1st cycle degree or similar background experience)
For trainees with some theoretical and practical knowledge
Prerequisites:
At least University degree in progress on Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences or related area
Basic knowledge of UNIX
Knowledge of C, FORTRAN, MPI or openMP is recommended
Knowledge of Earth Sciences data formats is recommended (grib, netcdf, hdf,…)
Agenda:
Day 1
9:00-10:40 Introduction to earth science fundamentals and modelling.
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:40 Introduction to Linux and HPC, BSC facilities, PRACE and RES
12:40-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:40 HPC hands-on tutorial. At the end of this tutorial, the students will be able to compile and execute jobs in Mare Nostrum 3.
15:40-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:40 Introduction to analysis and visualisation tools for model outputs (s2dverification, MapGenerator, CDO, NCO, panoply, ncview)
20:00 Social dinner (participants pay individually)
Day 2
09:00-10:00 Lecture on the NMMB/BSC-CTM chemical transport model.
10:00-11:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run a prepared case.
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:00 Presentation session. Attendees can present their work or research interests. (It is not compulsory for attendees to bring slides.)
Day 3
09:00-10:00 Lecture on the EC-EARTH climate model.
10:00-11:00 Lecture on setting up and running the model with Autosubmit.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Model hands-on tutorial. Students will run with a prepared case.
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Analysis hands-on tutorial. Students will apply tools for analysis and visualisation to the outputs created in the morning.
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:30-17:00 MareNostrum visit
End Of Course
