COSIMA Technical Working Group (TWG) Update

Aidan Heerdegen
Australian National University

Goals

  • Updates on activities across research centres
  • Collaborative support of general technical issues
  • Identification of large-scale issues
  • Compilation of unresolved and ongoing issues

Members

ANU

  • Aidan Heerdegen

Bureau of Meteorology

  • Justin Freeman
  • Mirko Velic

CSIRO Aspendale

  • Peter Dobrohotoff

CSIRO Hobart

  • Matt Chamberlain
  • Russ Fiedler

Double Precision

  • Nicholas Hannah

NCI

  • Marshall Ward

Monthly meetings since August 2016

Collaboration Platform

OceansAus
Github organisation
access-om
Model configurations
cosima-cookbook
postprocessing collaboration
runoff_regrid
Preprocessing tool
MATM, CICE
Common ACCESS versions

https://github.com/OceansAus

MOM repository update

  • Migration to new github account
  • Code updates
    • OFAM3 integration
    • Improved CM2 stability
    • Test case input fields
    • More NetCDF4 support
    • Common FMS for MOM 5/6

https://github.com/mom-ocean

ACCESS-OM2 Science Updates

  • 75-level (KDS75) vertical grid
    • 0.1° support
  • JRA-55 forcing
    • NCI-hosted
    • MATM integration

ACCESS-OM2 Infrastructure Updates

  • CMake build support (MOM)
  • Runtime support (payu)
  • Scaling performance validation of JRA55 and KDS75

Interactions with the TWG

  • Review minutes from monthly meetings
  • Update local TWG members on current issues
  • Nominate local technical staff to join
  • Attend meetings for high-priority tasks