1.1. JULES version 8.1 Release Notes

The JULES vn8.1 release consists of approximately 12 contributions, including work by many people.

Full details of the changes committed for JULES vn8.1 can be found on the JULES GitHub repository.

Issue numbers are indicated below, e.g. #39.

1.1.1. General/Technical changes

  • Migrated metadata for JULES_MODEL_ENVIRONMENT and the remainder of JULES_SURFACE to the shared metadata in jules-shared. (#39)

  • Updated URLs in metadata. (#55)

  • Various improvements to GitHub workflow. (#27, 48, 52, 56, 57, 58)

1.1.2. Changes to testing

  • Updates for testing at UKCEH: added a Rocky9 platform and enabled testing of the rivers-only build. (#35)

  • Changed Met Office Cray EX queue used by remote init jobs to shared to reduce resource usage and improve turnaround. (#51)

  • Added a configuration for the Bureau of Meteorology’s Cray EX Sentinel system. (#53)

1.1.3. Documentation updates

  • Updates associated with many of the above changes, and release notes.

Documentation can be viewed on the github page https://metoffice.github.io/jules/.