Getting Started

Note

This section details installing a released version of CSET. Developers looking to contribute to CSET should see the Developer’s Guide section instead.

This section contains tutorials suitable for getting started with CSET. By following them you should learn the basics of using CSET. There are two ways to run CSET: as a command line program, or via a cylc workflow.

The command line program uses the CSET python package directly to analyse data by using pre-existing or custom recipes. The command line program is useful for ad-hoc or small scale usage, as well as development.

The cylc workflow allows large scale processing of multiple models, case-studies, and variables. It is however more complex to set up, requiring a cylc installation. Using the cylc workflow will be what is most widely used at the Met Office, Bureau etc., and requires the least familiarity with CSET to analyse UM or LFRic output, since the recipes to analyse model runs are already set up and easily selected.

• Install the command line
• Run a pre-existing recipe
• Visualising a recipe graphically
• Creating your first custom recipe
• Install the workflow
• Run the workflow
• Running a full CYLC workflow with CSET v25.3.1