Climate Modeling Tutorial at the 2024 paleoCAMP#
June 18–July 1, 2024
Jiang Zhu
jiangzhu@ucar.edu
Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Overall learning objectives#
Know basic structure of CESM as a software
Learn to set up and validate simple experiments with CESM
Learn to use Python/Jupyter Nobebooks to analyze and visualize model output
Three main modules#
An introduction to CESM
Exercises on running CESM preindustrial control and mid-Holocene simulations
Exercises on analyzing CESM output with NCAR JupyterHub
Optional modules#
An example on how to set up more complicated paleoclimate simulation (the CESM2-PaleoCalibr LGM)
Examples on how to use available simulation and reanalysis data on the NCAR machines
Prerequisites#
Very simple introdution to Unix, Python, Jupyter, and NCAR resources and access.