Exercises in Idealised Configurations#

The aim of this practical is to gain experience in running and analysing an idealised configuration of LFRic-Atmosphere.

In this module you will learn about…

  • the purpose and key features of idealised atmospheric configurations

  • the structure and scientific motivation of an idealised cloud-resolving model configuration

  • copying, configuring, running, and monitoring an idealised workflow

  • designing sensitivity experiments by changing rotation, atmospheric composition, and initial perturbations

  • calculating derived diagnostics and processing unstructured-grid output for analysis

  • visualising and comparing three-dimensional idealised model output

At the end of this module you should be able to…

  • describe how an idealised configuration differs from an operational configuration and explain the purpose of the example cloud-resolving model

  • copy an idealised suite and configure its build, run, cycling, and parallel execution settings

  • run and monitor an idealised Cylc workflow

  • modify physical parameters to create experiments that test the effects of rotation, atmospheric composition, and initial perturbations

  • calculate derived thermodynamic diagnostics and reshape unstructured-grid output for analysis

  • produce plots and animations of three-dimensional fields and compare sensitivity experiments with a control simulation

If you experience issues with this work-in-progress module, please email momentum_partnerships@metoffice.gov.uk.