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Input data

There are different types of data sets available for ICON:

  • Testing input data for CI / testing
  • General input data for use cases / production runs
  • Reference data (observations, reanalysis, satellite, other models)

Santis

On Säntis, all ICON input and reference data is collected in the project cws01.

/capstor/store/cscs/userlab/cws01/

Directory Tree

Work in Progress

The directory tree below is a rough outline of the planned structure. It is subject to change and non-exhaustive. If you find data that is in the wrong place, or if you want to have your data added to the project, please contact Michael Jähn .

/capstor/store/cscs/userlab/cws01/
├── ci/                                      # CI
│   ├── buildbot_data/                       # Buildbot data
│   │   ├── nwp/                             # nwp test case data
│   │   └── ref/                             # Reference data (hashed)
│   ├── ci-python-image/                     # Squashfs file for Python environment
│   └── testing-input-data/                  # Input data for CI (git lfs repo)
├── input/                                   # All input data
│   ├── icon/                                # ICON-specific input
│   │   ├── clm/                             # ICON-CLM input
│   │   │   ├── independent/                 # Input independent of case/domain
│   │   │   │   ├── aerosols/                # ICON-CLM aerosol input datasets
│   │   │   │   ├── gcm/                     # Global climate model boundary data
│   │   │   │   └── rcm/                     # Regional climate model boundary data
│   │   │   └── europe11/                    # EURO-CORDEX 0.11° domain-specific input
│   │   │       ├── aerosols/
│   │   │       ├── gcm/
│   │   │       └── rcm/
│   │   ├── global/                          # ICON global model input
│   │   │   ├── grids/                       # ICON global grids at different resolutions
│   │   │   │   ├── atmo/
│   │   │   │   │   ├── 0033-0017/
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── hd/
│   │   │   │   │   │   │   ├── hdpara_r2b8_0033_0016_mc_maxl_v1.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   │   ├── hdstart_r2b8_0033_0016_v1.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   │   └── r0002/
│   │   │   │   │   │   │       ├── hdpara_r2b8_0033_0016_mc_maxl_s_v1.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   │       ├── hdstart_r2b8_0033_0016_from_restart_ngc4006_20300101.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   │       └── hdstart_r2b8_0033_0016_mc_maxl_s_v1_1.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   └── land/
│   │   │   │   │   │       └── rcscs/
│   │   │   │   │   │           └── *.nc
│   │   │   │   │   ├── .../
│   │   │   │   │   ├── R02B04_0013/
│   │   │   │   │   │   └── icon_grid_0013_R02B04_G.nc
│   │   │   │   │   ├── R02B05_0019/
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── icon_grid_0019_R02B05_G.nc
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── aerosol_kinne/       # Aerosol climatologies
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── external_parameter/  # Surface and land-sea mask data
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── initial_conditions/  # Initial state for atmosphere/ocean
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── ozone/               # Ozone datasets
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── ozone_old/           # Legacy ozone datasets
│   │   │   │   │   │   └── sst_and_seaice/      # SST & sea-ice boundary conditions
│   │   │   │   │   ├── .../
│   │   │   │   │   └── index.txt                # Mapping RnBk grids to official grid ID
│   │   │   │   └── ocean/                       # Ocean grids
│   │   │   └── misc/                            # Other ICON global input data
│   │   ├── public/                           # Public data
│   │   │   └── grids/                        # Public grids from the ICON Grid Server
│   │   │       ├── dwd/                      # DWD grids
│   │   │       └── mpim/                     # MPI-M grids
│   │   └── regional/                         # ICON regional model input
│   └── misc/                                 # Non-ICON input (placeholder for future)
└── reference/                                # Reference datasets
    ├── observations/                         # Ground-based or in-situ observations
    │   └── eObs/                             # E-OBS daily gridded meteorological data for Europe
    │       ├── eObs28.0/
    │       ├── eObs29.0/
    │       ├── eObs30.0/
    │       └── eObs31.0/
    ├── reanalysis/                           # Reanalysis datasets (e.g. ERA5)
    │   ├── ERA5/                             # ERA5 data retrieved from CDS
    │   └── dkrz/                             # Synced from DKRZ, ready-to-use for SPICE (CLM runs)
    │       ├── ERA5/                         # ERA5 (updated as soon as new data is available)
    │       └── ERAInterim/                   # ERAInterim (static)
    ├── satellite/                            # Satellite observations for validation
    └── model_comparisons/                    # Reference data from other models

Input data pools

/capstor/store/cscs/userlab/cws01/input/icon
/scratch/mch/jenkins/icon/pool/data/ICON
/cluster/work/climate/icon_input

Testing input data pool

The input data for standard ICON tests are stored in a Git-lfs repository .

 /capstor/store/cscs/userlab/cws01/ci/testing-input-data
/scratch/mch/icontest/testing-input-data
/cluster/work/climate/icon_testing_input