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[[Code management group minutes]]
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==Actions from this meeting (and carried forward)==
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# JM to email LA, cc GM (re: GA7.0/SO2)
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# (ongoing) CJ to email LA re problems with SO2 diagnostics for emissions. Issues related to using ASAD diagnostics package.
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# (ongoing) CJ to put branch on PUMA email CMG location of branch to check details
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# (in progress) GM check 8.4 versus 7.3 GLOMAP-mode code and report any bug fixes to Mohit.
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# (ongoing) FOC to add in status and ticket numbers to each item (re: UKESM1 strategy document)
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# (ongoing) FOC/NB/GM - discuss (9) offline (re: GLOMAP-mode coupling to FJX) - Apostolos Voulgarakis could also be included in this. Could this also link to the heterogenous chemistry task?
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# (ongoing) ALL - feed in to FOC list of priorities. Items need an owner if people need it raised.
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# LA to monitor NCAS-CMS plans for Rose stem, possibly ask for a subset
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# (not done) Incorporate Bug #35 into dry deposition work - Federico Centoni (FC) wants to do some sensitivities - hold off until FCs assessment
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# (ongoing) Bug #36 (ozone): FOC/Steven Hardiman to take on - see MOSRS ticket [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/ticket/102 #102] (UKCA Bugfix for ozone column diagnostic calculation)
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# FOC/MD to open some tickets and add them to the bugfixes page, also there are some from Action/Task 4 from Previous Meetings which need adding.
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# GM/MR to update bugfix page with their bug involving model_levels/wet_levels (will there even be a distinction in future, and/or could we just add a trap on this?)
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# NS to check with Glenn Greed about wet_levels.
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# (ongoing - standing item) CMG to monitor list of bugs and circulate between group for owners
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# (ongoing - standing item) At CMG future meetings there should be included an appendix listing the open bugs. If a ticket is included it is not an open bug (as the owner of ticket is person doing lodging).
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# (ongoing) ALL to migrate tickets over to the shared repository (MOSRS).
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# JM to link/send powerpoint results (re: GA7.0)
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# MD to email round MONSooN Rose suite information when working
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# MD to update suites to vn10.1
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# JM to check GA7.0 timeline
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# MD to email AS and ask about netCDF emissions apps at vn10.1.
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# Bug #31: NS to outline possible options and to open a ticket
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# Bug #38: GM to take on lodging this on the trunk
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# Bug #41: FOC to follow this up and see if the netCDF code deals with this.
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# Bug #41: LA to check about NMVOC in new emissions routine
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# ALL with access to keep monitoring ukca_bugs email list.
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# MR to send NS his vn8.6 branch.
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# NS to contact MR about this work as it might impact him
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# ALL to think about if code changes will change KGO and let systems team know in good time.
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# LA to ask Glenn Greed about the order in which tickets are committed.
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# ALL to read the LFRic documents
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# FOC to arrange doodle poll for discussion after Easter and arrange 1.5 hour meeting.
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# FOC/LA to catch-up with Matt Hort - FOC to follow up. FOC/LA to update document accordingly.
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# LA to check with Ros/Grenville exactly how hard it will be to get vn7.3 working on MONSooN-Cray
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# LA to clarify which other UM versions are planned to be ported.
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# LA to email all UKCA MONSooN users and highlight deadlines on data porting
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==Present==
 
==Present==
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Luke Abraham (LA), Nicolas Bellouin (NB), Nick Savage (NS), Mohit Dalvi (MD), Fiona O'Connor (FOC), Alan Hewitt (AH), Mark Richardson (MR), Sandip Dhomse (SD), Graham Mann (GM), Zak Kipling (ZK)
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'''Apologies:''' Jo Anderson (JA)
   
 
==Teleconference Numbers==
 
==Teleconference Numbers==
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* '''(1)''' JM to check whether settings, branches in vn8.4 Release candidate are consistent with GA6/7 assessment job and also attempt tuning of SO2 scavenging parameters. '''In progress''' - liase with LA?
 
* '''(1)''' JM to check whether settings, branches in vn8.4 Release candidate are consistent with GA6/7 assessment job and also attempt tuning of SO2 scavenging parameters. '''In progress''' - liase with LA?
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*: carried forward - JM to chat with LA offline
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*: GA7.0 and SO2 still being tuned.
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*: '''New Action:''' JM to email LA, cc GM
 
* '''(2)''' CJ to circulate plots of radical concentrations in stratosphere showing odd banded structure, including version with different photolysis scheme options. '''''Ongoing'''''. '''Done''' a while ago - nothing much has changed?
 
* '''(2)''' CJ to circulate plots of radical concentrations in stratosphere showing odd banded structure, including version with different photolysis scheme options. '''''Ongoing'''''. '''Done''' a while ago - nothing much has changed?
** '''(2.1)''' FOC to put on UKESM1 document
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** '''(2.1)''' FOC to put on UKESM1 document - '''done'''
 
* '''(3)''' CJ to email LA re problems with SO2 diagnostics for emissions. Issues related to using ASAD diagnostics package. '''''Ongoing''''' - needs debugging.
 
* '''(3)''' CJ to email LA re problems with SO2 diagnostics for emissions. Issues related to using ASAD diagnostics package. '''''Ongoing''''' - needs debugging.
** '''(3.1)''' CJ to put branch on PUMA email CMG location of branch to check details
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** '''(3.1)''' CJ to put branch on PUMA email CMG location of branch to check details - '''ongoing'''
 
* '''(4)''' GM check 8.4 versus 7.3 GLOMAP-mode code and report any bug fixes to Mohit. '''''Ongoing'''''. '''Still Ongoing''' (big task) - not just bugfixes, also functionality updates
 
* '''(4)''' GM check 8.4 versus 7.3 GLOMAP-mode code and report any bug fixes to Mohit. '''''Ongoing'''''. '''Still Ongoing''' (big task) - not just bugfixes, also functionality updates
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*: '''in progress:''' comparisons have been done, but reporting still needs to be done
   
 
====Actions from the last meeting====
 
====Actions from the last meeting====
   
 
* '''(1)''' UKCA Improvements for UKESM1
 
* '''(1)''' UKCA Improvements for UKESM1
** '''(1.1):''' FOC to add in status and ticket numbers to each item
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** '''(1.1):''' FOC to add in status and ticket numbers to each item - '''ongoing'''
** '''(1.2)''' Dry-deposition, split into 2 options:
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** '''(1.2)''' Dry-deposition, split into 2 options: - '''done'''
 
**: i) ''Quick and dirty fix'' (NS/FOC(?))
 
**: i) ''Quick and dirty fix'' (NS/FOC(?))
 
**: ii) ''Future proof'' (AH)
 
**: ii) ''Future proof'' (AH)
** '''(1.3)''' FOC to reorder by priority
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** '''(1.3)''' FOC to reorder by priority - '''done'''
** '''(1.4)''' FOC/NB/GM - discuss (9) offline
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** '''(1.4)''' FOC/NB/GM - discuss (9) offline - (GLOMAP-mode coupling to FJX) '''ongoing'''. We could also include Apostolos Voulgarakis in this. Could this also link to the heterogenous chemistry task?
** '''(1.5)''' FOC to talk to Colin Jones about nitrate (high priority), with a offer to help Steve Rumbold
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** '''(1.5)''' FOC to talk to Colin Jones about nitrate (high priority), with a offer to help Steve Rumbold - '''done'''. Progressing for vn10.2 code freeze (still at vn8.6).
** '''(1.6)''' JM to make standing telecon from January to discuss this list. Discuss with Alistair Sellar
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** '''(1.6)''' JM to make standing telecon from January to discuss this list. Discuss with Alistair Sellar - '''done''' under UKCA coordination.
** '''(1.7)''' ALL - feed in to FOC list of priorities
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** '''(1.7)''' ALL - feed in to FOC list of priorities - '''ongoing''' (needs re-emphasising)
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**: CJ, AS, & FOC met after last CMG and updated document. Items need an owner if people need it raised.
   
 
* '''(2)''' vn9.2/GA7.0 update
 
* '''(2)''' vn9.2/GA7.0 update
** '''(2.1)''' JM to report back on progress at the next meeting
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** '''(2.1)''' JM to report back on progress at the next meeting - '''done'''
** '''(2.2)''' JM/GM to talk offline
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** '''(2.2)''' JM/GM to talk offline - '''done'''
   
 
* '''(3)''' Release jobs
 
* '''(3)''' Release jobs
** '''(3.1)''' LA to release RC6.2
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** '''(3.1)''' LA to release RC6.2 - '''done''': [[Release Job RJ4.0]]
   
 
* '''(4)''' Rose stem jobs
 
* '''(4)''' Rose stem jobs
** '''(4.1)''' MD to do for 10.2 testing (needs updates to 10.1)
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** '''(4.1)''' MD to do for 10.2 testing (needs updates to 10.1) - '''done'''
** '''(4.2)''' LA to talk to Ros Hatcher at NCAS-CMS about NCAS plans for Rose stem
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** '''(4.2)''' LA to talk to Ros Hatcher at NCAS-CMS about NCAS plans for Rose stem - '''done'''
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**: ''Email from Ros Hatcher (2015-01-30, updated 2015-03-04)''
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I ran the first vn10.0 job on MONSooN a couple of days ago. So in theory you can start running
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10.0 jobs now. The only thing that is missing are the prebuilds which I plan to attack today or
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beginning of next week.
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It is possible to access the shared MOSRS repositories from MONSooN. I’m currently testing
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out the setup that the FCM team have recommended and it appears to be working ok for me.
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You can now create 10.x branches on the MOSRS from MONSooN and easily use working
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copies in your Rose suites. You can also communicate with the mirror repositories on PUMA.
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It is currently slightly quicker to extract from the mirror rather than direct from the shared
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repository. At the moment, until the MOSRS Rose suite repository is made generally available,
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Rose suites need to live in the PUMA suite repository.
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If you want to try running a basic UM10.0 suite on MONSooN I can send you all the details for this.
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Let me know.
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As for Rose stem.... I've had nothing to do with this on MONSooN, but I believe Matthew Hambley
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had got this working for UM9.2. However, I'm not sure how ready for use it is.
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Annette & I will hopefully begin work on UM10.0 for ARCHER in earnest next week, so it will still be
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a little while before it is generally available. Rose stem on ARCHER has not yet been discussed. We
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will need it in some form or other, but not having really looked at rose-stem apart from the install
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process I have no idea how much work it will be.
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A UM release should now be available on MONSooN pretty much immediately. If I can get the
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responsibility for it under the UM systems team umbrella then it will become part of the Met Office
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standard install. This hasn't been discussed but I would assume that not all versions will be
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supported on ARCHER as currently, only those that are required by the community.
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'''Action:''' LA to monitor this, possibly ask for a subset
   
 
* '''(5)''' Bug Reporting
 
* '''(5)''' Bug Reporting
** '''(5.1)''' Incorporate Bug #35 into dry deposition work (see above).
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** '''(5.1)''' Incorporate Bug #35 into dry deposition work (see above). - '''not done''' - Federico Centoni (FC) wants to do some sensitivities - hold off until FCs assessment
** '''(5.2)''' Bug #36 (ozone): FOC/Steven Hardiman to take on - see MOSRS ticket [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/ticket/102 #102] (UKCA Bugfix for ozone column diagnostic calculation)
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** '''(5.2)''' Bug #36 (ozone): FOC/Steven Hardiman to take on - see MOSRS ticket [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/ticket/102 #102] (UKCA Bugfix for ozone column diagnostic calculation) - '''ongoing'''
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**: aim for vn10.2. This should be possibly be done as a bugfix package branch, as there is also a wetlands fix not on bugfixes page (Alistair Sellar found warning about wetland emissions in OffOx run)
** '''(5.3)''' CMG to monitor list of bugs and circulate between group for owners
 
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**: '''Action:''' FOC/MD to open some tickets and add them to the bugfixes page, also there are some from Action/Task 4 from Previous Meetings which need adding.
** '''(5.4)''' At CMG future meetings there should be included an appendix listing the open bugs. If a ticket is included it is not an open bug (as the owner of ticket is person doing lodging).
 
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**: '''Action:''' GM/MR to update bugfix page with their bug involving model_levels/wet_levels (will there even be a distinction in future, and/or could we just add a trap on this?)
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**: '''Action:''' NS to check with Glenn Greed about wet_levels.
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** '''(5.3)''' CMG to monitor list of bugs and circulate between group for owners - '''ongoing'''
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** '''(5.4)''' At CMG future meetings there should be included an appendix listing the open bugs. If a ticket is included it is not an open bug (as the owner of ticket is person doing lodging). - '''ongoing'''
   
 
* '''(6)''' Shared repository
 
* '''(6)''' Shared repository
** '''(6.1)''' ALL to migrate tickets over
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** '''(6.1)''' ALL to migrate tickets over - '''ongoing'''
   
 
* '''(7)''' Date of next meeting
 
* '''(7)''' Date of next meeting
** '''(7.1)''' LA to set up doodle poll for next meeting for after the code freeze - late Feb/Early March.
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** '''(7.1)''' LA to set up doodle poll for next meeting for after the code freeze - late Feb/Early March. - '''done'''
   
 
===vn10.1===
 
===vn10.1===
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===GA7.0 update===
 
===GA7.0 update===
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Report by JM.
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GA7.0 work is ongoing, with weekly meetings. GLOMAP-mode has a large impact, but progress has been made with the AOT bias tuning SO2 scavenging (qcl changes). There have also been some other changes to e.g. the activation dry diameter. Other options for tuning are also being thought about, such as emissions. However, there are still some problems, and we are now looking more at aerosol-cloud interactions. Bit-comparability issues still need to be resolved. The final freeze is June at the latest, with a semi-freeze at the end of March.
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* '''Action:''' JM to link/send powerpoint results.
   
 
===Rose on MONSooN===
 
===Rose on MONSooN===
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Report by MD.
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There are currently 2 suites at vn10.0. One is a test suite without cycling. Another is GA6.0 vn10.0 with CheST+GLOMAP-mode, which has been ported onto MONSooN, but doesn't include archiving. There may be a GA7.0 prototype available around the end of March.
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* '''Action:''' MD to email round suite information when working
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* '''Action:''' MD to update suites to vn10.1
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* '''Action:''' JM to check GA7.0 timeline
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* '''Action:''' MD to email AS and ask about netCDF emissions apps at vn10.1.
   
 
===Bugfixes===
 
===Bugfixes===
   
 
* See [[Bugfixes (new approach)]]
 
* See [[Bugfixes (new approach)]]
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====List of open bugs====
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Open bugs are classed as those with no associated ticket number and/or which are not classed as ''lodged''.
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* #31 (FP exceptions in ''asad_sparse_vars'' or ''asad_spimjmp'')
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*: Met Office ticket: [http://fcm2/projects/UM/ticket/5616 #5616]
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*: PUMA ticket: [https://puma.nerc.ac.uk/trac/UM/ticket/555 #555]
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*: Comment: ''Temporary Work-around. May not work in all cases''
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*:: This is originally an issue with CheT - should it be namelist parameter? GM has had crashes with CheST at vn8.4 in his Pinatubo runs.
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*:: '''Action:''' NS to outline possible options and to open a ticket.
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* #35 (Error in labelling: Surface resistance <--> stomatal resistance ?)
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*: Met Office ticket: [http://fcm2/projects/UM/ticket/6417 #6417]
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*: PUMA ticket: [https://puma.nerc.ac.uk/trac/UM/ticket/653 #653]
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*: Comment: ''Awaiting input from Federico Centoni''
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*:: '''see above'''
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* #36 (Error in calculation of Column Ozone diagnostic)
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*: MOSRS ticket: [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/ticket/102 #102]
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*: Comment: ''To be lodged at vn10.1''
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*:: '''see above'''
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* #38 (Missing logical for volcanic so2 emissions.)
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*: Met Office ticket: [http://fcm2/projects/UM/ticket/6418 #6418]
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*: PUMA ticket: [https://puma.nerc.ac.uk/trac/UM/ticket/656 #656]
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*: Comment: ''To be Lodged''
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*:: '''Action:''' GM to take on lodging this on the trunk
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* #41 (OC biomass burning emissions - incorrect conversion. Assumes emissions as kg POM, but (new) ancils are kg C)
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*: Met Office ticket: [http://fcm2/projects/UM/ticket/6429 #6429]
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*: Comment: ''To be lodged: Need to determine which ancils are POM vs C''
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*:: Note: netCDF emissions should explicitly deal with this, assuming that metadata is correct.
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*:: '''Action:''' FOC to follow this up and see if the netCDF code deals with this.
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*:: '''Action:''' LA to check about NMVOC in new emissions routine
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* '''Action:''' ALL with access to keep monitoring ''ukca_bugs'' email list.
   
 
===Targets for vn10.2===
 
===Targets for vn10.2===
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* Ticket keywords - please include UKCA and SCO138
 
* Ticket keywords - please include UKCA and SCO138
 
* [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/query?status=approved&status=assigned&status=closed&status=code_review&status=committed&status=in_progress&status=new&status=sci%2Ftech_review&keywords=~UKCA&keywords=~SCO138&milestone=UM10.2+code+release&col=id&col=summary&col=milestone&col=status&col=type&col=component&order=priority Current vn10.2 tickets]
 
* [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/trac/um/query?status=approved&status=assigned&status=closed&status=code_review&status=committed&status=in_progress&status=new&status=sci%2Ftech_review&keywords=~UKCA&keywords=~SCO138&milestone=UM10.2+code+release&col=id&col=summary&col=milestone&col=status&col=type&col=component&order=priority Current vn10.2 tickets]
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''Code review submission deadline is 12th June 2015 for vn10.2''
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There might be potential tickets from MR, Jo Anderson (JA), and JM.
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* '''Action:''' MR to send NS his vn8.6 branch.
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* '''Action:''' NS to contact MR about this work as it might impact him
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* '''Action:''' ALL to think about if code changes will change KGO and let systems team know in good time.
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* '''Action:''' LA to ask Glenn Greed about the order in which tickets are committed.
   
 
===LFRic===
 
===LFRic===
   
* Overview document on implications of GungHo! coupling for UKCA: {{pdf|GungHo_LFRic_UKCA_Jan2015.pdf|GungHo_LFRic_UKCA_Jan2015.pdf}}
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* Overview document on implications of GungHo! coupling for UKCA by FOC and LA: {{pdf|GungHo_LFRic_UKCA_Jan2015.pdf|GungHo_LFRic_UKCA_Jan2015.pdf}}
* Draft document outlining some possible options for organisation of the UKCA code for coupling to GungHo!/LFRic: {{pdf|UKCA–GungHo.pdf|UKCA–GungHo.pdf}}
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* Draft document by LA outlining some possible options for organisation of the UKCA code for coupling to GungHo!/LFRic: {{pdf|UKCA–GungHo.pdf|UKCA–GungHo.pdf}}
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* Document by NS with his thoughts on coupling UKCA to LFRic: {{pdf|LFRIC_and_UKCA.pdf|LFRIC_and_UKCA.pdf}}
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* '''Action:''' ALL to read the LFRic documents
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* '''Action:''' FOC to arrange doodle poll for discussion after Easter and arrange 1.5 hour meeting.
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* '''Action:''' FOC/LA to catch-up with Matt Hort - FOC to follow up. FOC/LA to update document accordingly.
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See also the [[Minutes_of_the_code_management_group_meeting_2015-04-23:_LFRic_Coupling|upcoming LFRic discussion]].
   
 
===New supercomputer: Cray XC-40===
 
===New supercomputer: Cray XC-40===
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though - for example if lots of jobs are not bit comparing then that's probably an issue with the compiler
 
though - for example if lots of jobs are not bit comparing then that's probably an issue with the compiler
 
settings/optimisation env vars and not something we'd expect a developer would want to focus on.
 
settings/optimisation env vars and not something we'd expect a developer would want to focus on.
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It should be noted that AQUM was having problems and time went from 100mins to 30mins with a single environment variable. The Rose stem jobs will help with this porting.
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The next parallel suite AQUM job will be at vn10.1.
   
 
====vn7.3 on MONSooN Cray XC-40====
 
====vn7.3 on MONSooN Cray XC-40====
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FOC noted that Steven Hardiman will working porting nemo to MO Cray.
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* '''Action:''' LA to check with Ros/Grenville exactly how hard it will be to get vn7.3 working on MONSooN-Cray
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* '''Action:''' LA to clarify which other UM versions are planned to be ported.
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* '''Action:''' LA to email all UKCA MONSooN users and highlight deadlines on data porting
   
 
===Any other business/do not minute===
 
===Any other business/do not minute===
   
 
===Date of next meeing===
 
===Date of next meeing===
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* '''Action:''' LA to set up doodle poll for between 27th April and 7th May. - '''done''' - see http://doodle.com/kgv4xynysbghyuag

Latest revision as of 15:29, 8 April 2015

Code management group minutes

Actions from this meeting (and carried forward)

  1. JM to email LA, cc GM (re: GA7.0/SO2)
  2. (ongoing) CJ to email LA re problems with SO2 diagnostics for emissions. Issues related to using ASAD diagnostics package.
  3. (ongoing) CJ to put branch on PUMA email CMG location of branch to check details
  4. (in progress) GM check 8.4 versus 7.3 GLOMAP-mode code and report any bug fixes to Mohit.
  5. (ongoing) FOC to add in status and ticket numbers to each item (re: UKESM1 strategy document)
  6. (ongoing) FOC/NB/GM - discuss (9) offline (re: GLOMAP-mode coupling to FJX) - Apostolos Voulgarakis could also be included in this. Could this also link to the heterogenous chemistry task?
  7. (ongoing) ALL - feed in to FOC list of priorities. Items need an owner if people need it raised.
  8. LA to monitor NCAS-CMS plans for Rose stem, possibly ask for a subset
  9. (not done) Incorporate Bug #35 into dry deposition work - Federico Centoni (FC) wants to do some sensitivities - hold off until FCs assessment
  10. (ongoing) Bug #36 (ozone): FOC/Steven Hardiman to take on - see MOSRS ticket #102 (UKCA Bugfix for ozone column diagnostic calculation)
  11. FOC/MD to open some tickets and add them to the bugfixes page, also there are some from Action/Task 4 from Previous Meetings which need adding.
  12. GM/MR to update bugfix page with their bug involving model_levels/wet_levels (will there even be a distinction in future, and/or could we just add a trap on this?)
  13. NS to check with Glenn Greed about wet_levels.
  14. (ongoing - standing item) CMG to monitor list of bugs and circulate between group for owners
  15. (ongoing - standing item) At CMG future meetings there should be included an appendix listing the open bugs. If a ticket is included it is not an open bug (as the owner of ticket is person doing lodging).
  16. (ongoing) ALL to migrate tickets over to the shared repository (MOSRS).
  17. JM to link/send powerpoint results (re: GA7.0)
  18. MD to email round MONSooN Rose suite information when working
  19. MD to update suites to vn10.1
  20. JM to check GA7.0 timeline
  21. MD to email AS and ask about netCDF emissions apps at vn10.1.
  22. Bug #31: NS to outline possible options and to open a ticket
  23. Bug #38: GM to take on lodging this on the trunk
  24. Bug #41: FOC to follow this up and see if the netCDF code deals with this.
  25. Bug #41: LA to check about NMVOC in new emissions routine
  26. ALL with access to keep monitoring ukca_bugs email list.
  27. MR to send NS his vn8.6 branch.
  28. NS to contact MR about this work as it might impact him
  29. ALL to think about if code changes will change KGO and let systems team know in good time.
  30. LA to ask Glenn Greed about the order in which tickets are committed.
  31. ALL to read the LFRic documents
  32. FOC to arrange doodle poll for discussion after Easter and arrange 1.5 hour meeting.
  33. FOC/LA to catch-up with Matt Hort - FOC to follow up. FOC/LA to update document accordingly.
  34. LA to check with Ros/Grenville exactly how hard it will be to get vn7.3 working on MONSooN-Cray
  35. LA to clarify which other UM versions are planned to be ported.
  36. LA to email all UKCA MONSooN users and highlight deadlines on data porting

Present

Luke Abraham (LA), Nicolas Bellouin (NB), Nick Savage (NS), Mohit Dalvi (MD), Fiona O'Connor (FOC), Alan Hewitt (AH), Mark Richardson (MR), Sandip Dhomse (SD), Graham Mann (GM), Zak Kipling (ZK)

Apologies: Jo Anderson (JA)

Teleconference Numbers

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  • Participant passcode: 51615813 then #

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the last meeing
  2. vn10.1
  3. GA7.0 update
  4. Rose on MONSooN
  5. Bugfixes
  6. Targets for vn10.2
  7. LFRic
  8. New supercomputer: Cray XC-40
    • vn7.3 on MONSooN XC-40
  9. A.O.B./D.N.M.
  10. Date of next meeting

Minutes

Minutes of the last meeing

Actions carried forward from previous meetings

  • (1) JM to check whether settings, branches in vn8.4 Release candidate are consistent with GA6/7 assessment job and also attempt tuning of SO2 scavenging parameters. In progress - liase with LA?
    carried forward - JM to chat with LA offline
    GA7.0 and SO2 still being tuned.
    New Action: JM to email LA, cc GM
  • (2) CJ to circulate plots of radical concentrations in stratosphere showing odd banded structure, including version with different photolysis scheme options. Ongoing. Done a while ago - nothing much has changed?
    • (2.1) FOC to put on UKESM1 document - done
  • (3) CJ to email LA re problems with SO2 diagnostics for emissions. Issues related to using ASAD diagnostics package. Ongoing - needs debugging.
    • (3.1) CJ to put branch on PUMA email CMG location of branch to check details - ongoing
  • (4) GM check 8.4 versus 7.3 GLOMAP-mode code and report any bug fixes to Mohit. Ongoing. Still Ongoing (big task) - not just bugfixes, also functionality updates
    in progress: comparisons have been done, but reporting still needs to be done

Actions from the last meeting

  • (1) UKCA Improvements for UKESM1
    • (1.1): FOC to add in status and ticket numbers to each item - ongoing
    • (1.2) Dry-deposition, split into 2 options: - done
      i) Quick and dirty fix (NS/FOC(?))
      ii) Future proof (AH)
    • (1.3) FOC to reorder by priority - done
    • (1.4) FOC/NB/GM - discuss (9) offline - (GLOMAP-mode coupling to FJX) ongoing. We could also include Apostolos Voulgarakis in this. Could this also link to the heterogenous chemistry task?
    • (1.5) FOC to talk to Colin Jones about nitrate (high priority), with a offer to help Steve Rumbold - done. Progressing for vn10.2 code freeze (still at vn8.6).
    • (1.6) JM to make standing telecon from January to discuss this list. Discuss with Alistair Sellar - done under UKCA coordination.
    • (1.7) ALL - feed in to FOC list of priorities - ongoing (needs re-emphasising)
      CJ, AS, & FOC met after last CMG and updated document. Items need an owner if people need it raised.
  • (2) vn9.2/GA7.0 update
    • (2.1) JM to report back on progress at the next meeting - done
    • (2.2) JM/GM to talk offline - done
  • (4) Rose stem jobs
    • (4.1) MD to do for 10.2 testing (needs updates to 10.1) - done
    • (4.2) LA to talk to Ros Hatcher at NCAS-CMS about NCAS plans for Rose stem - done
      Email from Ros Hatcher (2015-01-30, updated 2015-03-04)
I ran the first vn10.0 job on MONSooN a couple of days ago. So in theory you can start running 
10.0 jobs now.  The only thing that is missing are the prebuilds which I plan to attack today or
beginning of next week.  

It is possible to access the shared MOSRS repositories from MONSooN. I’m currently testing 
out the setup that the FCM team have recommended and it appears to be working ok for me.

You can now create 10.x branches on the MOSRS from MONSooN and easily use working 
copies in your Rose suites. You can also communicate with the mirror repositories on PUMA.  
It is currently slightly quicker to extract from the mirror rather than direct from the shared 
repository. At the moment, until the MOSRS Rose suite repository is made generally available, 
Rose suites need to live in the PUMA suite repository.

If you want to try running a basic UM10.0 suite on MONSooN I can send you all the details for this. 
Let me know.

As for Rose stem....  I've had nothing to do with this on MONSooN, but I believe Matthew Hambley 
had got this working for UM9.2. However, I'm not sure how ready for use it is.

Annette & I will hopefully begin work on UM10.0 for ARCHER in earnest next week, so it will still be 
a little while before it is generally available. Rose stem on ARCHER has not yet been discussed.  We 
will need it in some form or other, but not having really looked at rose-stem apart from the install 
process I have no idea how much work it will be.
 
A UM release should now be available on MONSooN pretty much immediately.  If I can get the 
responsibility for it under the UM systems team umbrella then it will become part of the Met Office 
standard install. This hasn't been discussed but I would assume that not all versions will be 
supported on ARCHER as currently, only those that are required by the community.

Action: LA to monitor this, possibly ask for a subset

  • (5) Bug Reporting
    • (5.1) Incorporate Bug #35 into dry deposition work (see above). - not done - Federico Centoni (FC) wants to do some sensitivities - hold off until FCs assessment
    • (5.2) Bug #36 (ozone): FOC/Steven Hardiman to take on - see MOSRS ticket #102 (UKCA Bugfix for ozone column diagnostic calculation) - ongoing
      aim for vn10.2. This should be possibly be done as a bugfix package branch, as there is also a wetlands fix not on bugfixes page (Alistair Sellar found warning about wetland emissions in OffOx run)
      Action: FOC/MD to open some tickets and add them to the bugfixes page, also there are some from Action/Task 4 from Previous Meetings which need adding.
      Action: GM/MR to update bugfix page with their bug involving model_levels/wet_levels (will there even be a distinction in future, and/or could we just add a trap on this?)
      Action: NS to check with Glenn Greed about wet_levels.
    • (5.3) CMG to monitor list of bugs and circulate between group for owners - ongoing
    • (5.4) At CMG future meetings there should be included an appendix listing the open bugs. If a ticket is included it is not an open bug (as the owner of ticket is person doing lodging). - ongoing
  • (6) Shared repository
    • (6.1) ALL to migrate tickets over - ongoing
  • (7) Date of next meeting
    • (7.1) LA to set up doodle poll for next meeting for after the code freeze - late Feb/Early March. - done

vn10.1

GA7.0 update

Report by JM.

GA7.0 work is ongoing, with weekly meetings. GLOMAP-mode has a large impact, but progress has been made with the AOT bias tuning SO2 scavenging (qcl changes). There have also been some other changes to e.g. the activation dry diameter. Other options for tuning are also being thought about, such as emissions. However, there are still some problems, and we are now looking more at aerosol-cloud interactions. Bit-comparability issues still need to be resolved. The final freeze is June at the latest, with a semi-freeze at the end of March.

  • Action: JM to link/send powerpoint results.

Rose on MONSooN

Report by MD.

There are currently 2 suites at vn10.0. One is a test suite without cycling. Another is GA6.0 vn10.0 with CheST+GLOMAP-mode, which has been ported onto MONSooN, but doesn't include archiving. There may be a GA7.0 prototype available around the end of March.

  • Action: MD to email round suite information when working
  • Action: MD to update suites to vn10.1
  • Action: JM to check GA7.0 timeline
  • Action: MD to email AS and ask about netCDF emissions apps at vn10.1.

Bugfixes

List of open bugs

Open bugs are classed as those with no associated ticket number and/or which are not classed as lodged.

  • #31 (FP exceptions in asad_sparse_vars or asad_spimjmp)
    Met Office ticket: #5616
    PUMA ticket: #555
    Comment: Temporary Work-around. May not work in all cases
    This is originally an issue with CheT - should it be namelist parameter? GM has had crashes with CheST at vn8.4 in his Pinatubo runs.
    Action: NS to outline possible options and to open a ticket.
  • #35 (Error in labelling: Surface resistance <--> stomatal resistance ?)
    Met Office ticket: #6417
    PUMA ticket: #653
    Comment: Awaiting input from Federico Centoni
    see above
  • #36 (Error in calculation of Column Ozone diagnostic)
    MOSRS ticket: #102
    Comment: To be lodged at vn10.1
    see above
  • #38 (Missing logical for volcanic so2 emissions.)
    Met Office ticket: #6418
    PUMA ticket: #656
    Comment: To be Lodged
    Action: GM to take on lodging this on the trunk
  • #41 (OC biomass burning emissions - incorrect conversion. Assumes emissions as kg POM, but (new) ancils are kg C)
    Met Office ticket: #6429
    Comment: To be lodged: Need to determine which ancils are POM vs C
    Note: netCDF emissions should explicitly deal with this, assuming that metadata is correct.
    Action: FOC to follow this up and see if the netCDF code deals with this.
    Action: LA to check about NMVOC in new emissions routine
  • Action: ALL with access to keep monitoring ukca_bugs email list.

Targets for vn10.2

Code review submission deadline is 12th June 2015 for vn10.2

There might be potential tickets from MR, Jo Anderson (JA), and JM.

  • Action: MR to send NS his vn8.6 branch.
  • Action: NS to contact MR about this work as it might impact him
  • Action: ALL to think about if code changes will change KGO and let systems team know in good time.
  • Action: LA to ask Glenn Greed about the order in which tickets are committed.

LFRic

  • Overview document on implications of GungHo! coupling for UKCA by FOC and LA: Pdficon small.png GungHo_LFRic_UKCA_Jan2015.pdf Info circle.png
  • Draft document by LA outlining some possible options for organisation of the UKCA code for coupling to GungHo!/LFRic: Pdficon small.png UKCA–GungHo.pdf Info circle.png
  • Document by NS with his thoughts on coupling UKCA to LFRic: Pdficon small.png LFRIC_and_UKCA.pdf Info circle.png
  • Action: ALL to read the LFRic documents
  • Action: FOC to arrange doodle poll for discussion after Easter and arrange 1.5 hour meeting.
  • Action: FOC/LA to catch-up with Matt Hort - FOC to follow up. FOC/LA to update document accordingly.

See also the upcoming LFRic discussion.

New supercomputer: Cray XC-40

  • Paul Cresswell has sent LA the following about Rose stem jobs on XC-40:
All the vn10.1 tests on the IBM are also available on the Cray, including Mohit's new tests, although many of them 
have issues - some of them are segfaulting, some have issues writing the dumps in a reasonable time (this can 
sometimes be fixed with the right environment variables to tweak the MPI behaviour), some of them run to completion 
but are not bit-comparable between runs. Mohit's new tests are in the first category. The hadgem_nd_ukca test is the 
only one which hits the particular error fixed by #346, so everything else must not be executing this particular piece of 
code (or crashing out sooner).

The aqum_nd test is one of the few that seems to behave and be reproducible. Much of the UM 10.2 dev cycle will 
be spent fixing the others! The aqum_nd_comp_check (compiler checking) job also works, producing lots of warning 
messages that will be helpful in the future.

Please note that no XC40 tests are available in the standard collective groups (e.g. developer, ukca), as not everyone 
has access to the machine yet - it would not do to have rose-stem suites failing for users who do not have accounts 
set up. The Cray tests are all available individually by replacing "metohpc" with "meto_xc40" in the group name.

[The porting of Rose stem tests are] a joint effort - the UM System and HPC Optimisation teams are both working on it 
to varying degrees, but there's a lot needs doing, so if a developer/code owner/test owner wants to prioritise fixing 
their own job and get the fixes to us, we'll gladly accept the help. Some things will be down to the technical teams 
though - for example if lots of jobs are not bit comparing then that's probably an issue with the compiler 
settings/optimisation env vars and not something we'd expect a developer would want to focus on.

It should be noted that AQUM was having problems and time went from 100mins to 30mins with a single environment variable. The Rose stem jobs will help with this porting. The next parallel suite AQUM job will be at vn10.1.

vn7.3 on MONSooN Cray XC-40

FOC noted that Steven Hardiman will working porting nemo to MO Cray.

  • Action: LA to check with Ros/Grenville exactly how hard it will be to get vn7.3 working on MONSooN-Cray
  • Action: LA to clarify which other UM versions are planned to be ported.
  • Action: LA to email all UKCA MONSooN users and highlight deadlines on data porting

Any other business/do not minute

Date of next meeing