User’s Guide

• 1. Background Information
  • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.1.1. User’s Guide Organization
    • 1.1.2. Documentation Conventions
    • 1.1.3. Component Documentation
    • 1.1.4. User Support and Contributions to Development
  • 1.2. Technical Overview
    • 1.2.1. Prerequisites for Using the verification workflow
    • 1.2.2. Code Repositories and Directory Structure
  • 1.3. Verification Workflow Components
    • 1.3.1. METplus Verification Suite
    • 1.3.2. Unified Workflow Tools (uwtools)
    • 1.3.3. Workflow
• 2. Running and Testing the Verification Workflow
  • 2.1. Quick Start Guide
    • 2.1.1. Setting up the verification workflow
    • 2.1.2. Deterministic verification
    • 2.1.3. TC verification
  • 2.2. Building the SRW App
    • 2.2.1. Install the Prerequisite Software Stack
    • 2.2.2. Download the UFS SRW Application Code
    • 2.2.3. Check Out External Components
    • 2.2.4. Set Up the Environment and Build the Executables
    • 2.2.5. Run an Experiment
  • 2.3. Running the SRW App
    • 2.3.1. Download and Stage the Data
    • 2.3.2. Grid Configuration
    • 2.3.3. Generate the Forecast Experiment
    • 2.3.4. Run the Workflow
  • 2.4. Testing the DTC VX Workflow
    • 2.4.1. Workflow End-to-End (WE2E) Tests
    • 2.4.2. Unit Tests
  • 2.5. Tutorials
    • 2.5.1. Sample Forecast #4: Halloween Storm
  • 2.6. METplus Verification Sample Cases
    • 2.6.1. Introduction
    • 2.6.2. Prerequisites
    • 2.6.3. Indianapolis Severe Weather Case
• 3. Customizing the Workflow
  • 3.1. Workflow Parameters: Configuring the Workflow in config.yaml and config_defaults.yaml
    • 3.1.1. user:
    • 3.1.2. platform:
    • 3.1.3. workflow:
    • 3.1.4. ensemble:
    • 3.1.5. tropical:
    • 3.1.6. verification:
    • 3.1.7. Task-specific sections
  • 3.2. Input and Output Files
    • 3.2.1. Input Files
    • 3.2.2. Output Files
    • 3.2.3. Downloading and Staging Input Data
  • 3.3. Defining an SRW App Workflow
    • 3.3.1. Order of Precedence
  • 3.4. Template Variables
    • 3.4.1. Generic Example
    • 3.4.2. Graphics Plotting Example
• 4. Reference
  • 4.1. Rocoto Introductory Information
    • 4.1.1. rocotorun
    • 4.1.2. rocotostat
    • 4.1.3. rocotocheck
    • 4.1.4. rocotorewind
    • 4.1.5. rocotoboot
  • 4.2. FAQ
    • 4.2.1. Building the SRW App
    • 4.2.2. Configuring an Experiment
    • 4.2.3. Running an Experiment and Troubleshooting
  • 4.3. Glossary