Explore Further

The focus of this exercise has been to get the model running. We will learn more about how to modify runs in this section, and we will cover details in further sections of this tutorial. For now, if you have extra time, try the following actions to better familiarize yourself with the CESM code.

Explore the CASE directory

cd /glade/u/home/$USER/cases/b1850.basics/

Look around your case directory to become familiar with the structure. Note there are scripts (e.g. case.setup, case.submit, etc.), xml files, etc. We will delve into these in more detail in future sections of the tutorial.

Check the CaseStatus file

All activities for the case are recorded in the CaseStatus file. By looking through the file the successful or otherwise outcome of each step of the run can be tracked.

more CaseStatus 

Check the Job Queue and Project

./xmlquery JOB_QUEUE
./xmlquery PROJECT

Explore the cime/scripts directory

cd /glade/u/home/$USER/code/my_cesm_code/cime/scripts

Check the CESM compset definitions

./query_config --compsets | more

Note the | more after the command sends the output of the query_config script to the more tool so you can scroll through it more easily. You can use the spacebar to move to the next page and the q key to quit out of the tool.

Check the CESM grid resolutions

./query_config --grids --long | more