| 9 | | These course are usually run twice a year. The next course will be held on 13-15 December at the University of Reading. Please ContactUs for details on how to apply. |
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| 11 | | The course includes a series of short lectures covering a variety of topics including: |
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| 13 | | * An overview of the UM modelling system |
| 14 | | * Running UM suites |
| 15 | | * Using the Rose/cylc application & workflow management system |
| 16 | | * Version control with FCM |
| 17 | | * UM data files |
| 18 | | * Tools & utilities for working with UM files. |
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| 20 | | Users are guided through a significant practical component, which involves setting up and running an experiment on ARCHER, as well as typical activities, such as debugging common problems. |
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| 22 | | By the end of the course users should feel comfortable running standard UM configurations, and making basic suite changes. In particular users will learn how to: |
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| 24 | | * Set up their environment in order to run the UM. |
| 25 | | * Run a basic suite; and a more complex global climate (GA7) suite. |
| 26 | | * Work with Rose/cylc tools: Rosie for suite discovery, Rose suite editor, cylc GUI for managing running suite, and Rose-bush for viewing log files. |
| 27 | | * Make typical suite changes such as the run length, input files, output diagnostics, and scientific settings. |
| 28 | | * Diagnose and overcome common errors. |
| 29 | | * Find output data and log files. |
| 30 | | * Analyse UM data files using common tools. |
| 31 | | * Find further information. |
| | 9 | These course are usually run twice a year. Please see the [https://www.ncas.ac.uk/en/introduction-to-unified-model-course NCAS training page] for more details and how to apply. |
