Important Dates
Registration opens: 15 March 2023
Registration will close: 15 April 2023
The tutorial is free, but space is limited.
Overview
The Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) will be hosting a virtual tutorial on the Model for Prediction Across Scales – Atmosphere (MPAS-A). The tutorial will cover the basics of how to set-up, run, and post-process stand-alone MPAS-A simulations. Topics that will be covered will include:
Horizontal (uniform and variable resolution) mesh configuration
Global and regional configurations
Real-data and idealized case initialization
MPAS-A dynamical solver and numerical methods
MPAS-A physics
Software framework and MPAS infrastructure
Post-processing tools
The primary audience for this tutorial is new or beginning users of MPAS-Atmosphere. Basic knowledge of atmospheric science and numerical modeling, as well as experience working within a Unix computing environment, is required for the tutorial.
The tutorial will consist of live lectures, recorded lectures that participants are expected to view before or during the tutorial, questions and answer sessions, and practical sessions where participants will gain experience building, configuring and running the MPAS-Atmosphere model.