The PRISM activities are organised around five PRISM areas of expertise (PAEs). Anyone interested in contributing to these networks of experts is welcome and should get in touch with the PAE contacts listed on the PAE page.
To get started directly with the different PRISM tools described on the Software page, one can follow the procedures described here:
Integration and Modelling Tools
The OASIS3 coupler, the PRISM Standard Compiling Environment and the PRISM Standard Running Environment
The best way to find out about these tools is to download, compile and run the PRISM toy coupled model, TOYCLIM. This will give you a practical experience with the OASIS3 coupler, the Standard Compiling Environment (SCE), and the Standard Running Environment (SRE). The TOYCLIM coupled model is composed of 3 "toy'' component models, mimicking an atmosphere model (toyatm), an ocean model (toyoce), and a chemistry model (toyche). These "toy'' component models are "empty" in the sense that they do not model any real physics or dynamics. However, the coupled combination of these 3 "toy'' component models through OASIS3 coupling software is realistic as the coupling algorithm linking the toy component models, the size and the grid of the 2D coupling fields, and the operations performed by OASIS3 on the coupling fields are realistic. The TOYCLIM coupled model uses the PRISM SCE and SRE.
More information can be found:
- about TOYCLIM, in the TOYCLIM Adaptation Guide
- about the OASIS3 coupler, in the OASIS3 documentation
and on the OASIS3 software page
- about the SCE, in the SCE documentation and on the SCE software page
- about the SRE, in the SRE documentation and on the SRE software page
To download, compile and run the PRISM toy coupled model, TOYCLIM, you have to:
- Download the source and data files (see Download section of OASIS3 page)
- Compile OASIS3 and TOYCLIM component models, toyatm, toyoce, toyche, using the PRISM Standard Compiling Environment (for more details, see section 8.1 of OASIS3 documentation and SCE documentation ):
- Go into the directory
prism/util/compile/frames
- Create the include files for your platform if they do not already exist in directory
prism/util/compile/frames/include_<node>where<node>is the name of the platform. The platforms currently included are: - Generate a compile scrip for OASIS3 and for each of the component models using the script
Create_COMP_cpl_models.ksh: - The scripts to compile OASIS3 and the 3 toy component models can now be launched explicitly in their respective directory:
COMP_oasis3_<mp>.<node>in directoryprism/src/mod/oasis3COMP_toyatm_<ID>.<node>in directoryprism/src/mod/toyatmCOMP_toyoce_<ID>.<node>in directoryprism/src/mod/toyoceCOMP_toyche_<ID>.<node>in directoryprism/src/mod/toyche
Vendor/Hardware name |
OS / Architechture | NodeName | Institute |
| i686 / | Linux / | armc28 | Environnement Canada |
| Cray | baltic1 | ||
| SGI / | IRIX64 / MIPS | dcm13 | SGI, Munich |
| SGI / | IRIX64 / MIPS | dcm23 | SGI, Munich |
| SGI / Altix 3000 | IA64SGI / | dcm25 | SGI, Munich |
| SGI / | IRIX64 / MIPS | elnino | CERFACS, Toulouse |
| IBM / | AIX / Power4 | hpca | ECMWF, Reading |
| NEC / SX-6 | SUPER-UX / SX | ds | DKRZ, Hamburg |
| NEC / SX-6 | SUPER-UX / SX | mercure | IPSL, Paris |
| SGI / Origin 3800 | IRIX64 / MIPS | p1 | KNMI, De Bilt |
| Fujitsu / HPCline | Linux / Opteron Cluster | total1 | F.S.E. Toulouse |
| Fujitsu / VPP5000 | UXPV / VPP | xbar | Meteo France, Toulouse |
prompt> Create_COMP_cpl_models.ksh toyclim "ID" "node" "mp"
The argument "ID" (optional) gives a tag/version/experiment ID, if desired; the argument "node" gives the node name of compile server (needed if different from the node name of the platform on which the script is executed) ; the parameter "mp" specifies the message passing used, which determines how the models are launched (MPI2 or MPI1).
The result should be executables "oasis3.<mp>.x", "toyatm.<mp>.x", "toyoce.<mp>.x",
and "toyche.<mp>.x" in the prism/bin directory.
- Run the TOYCLIM coupled model using the PRISM Standard Running Environment (for more details, see
section 8.2 and 8.3 of OASIS3 documentation
and
SRE documentation
).
- Go to the directory
prism/util/running/frames - Create the include files for your platform if they do not already exist in directory
prism/util/running/frames/include_<node>, where<node>is the name of the platform. See above for the platform currently included. - Run the script
Create_TASKS.frmto generate a setup file for your TOYCLIM experiment: - The TOYCLIM default configuration of the experiment can be modified (see section 8.2 of
OASIS3 documentation ). To
simply run with the default set-up, run the script
Create_TASKS.frmtoyclim a second time: - Once the setup is done, all appropriate files and the script to start the experiment are available
in the directory
prism/experiment/<expid>. Go into the directoryprism/experiment/<expid>/scriptsand submit the runscriptRUN_toyclim_<expid>.
prompt> Create_TASKS.frm toyclim <expid>
where <expid> is your experiment name.
prompt> Create_TASKS.frm toyclim <expid>
Running TOYCLIM with the default parameters will result in a 30-day experiment executed as five 6-day
runs. The final results obtained in the directory prism/experiment/<expid>/work should
match the ones in prism/data/toyclim/outdata. Intermediate results are also saved in different
sub-directories in prism/experiment/<expid>.
The OASIS4 coupler
The OASIS4 coupler is the new fully parallel coupler developed in the PRISM framework. Currently, the community of OASIS4 users is officially restricted to the GEMS community (3D coupling between atmosphere and atmospheric chemistry models), to SMHI (regional coupling), and to IFM-GEOMAR (using OASIS4 with pseudo models to interpolate high resolution data onto high resolution model grids). After the current testing period, OASIS4 will be released to a larger community.
Integration and Modelling Tools
There is a collection of software including specific tools for individual model development such as for job configuration, compilation, running and monitoring jobs, and corporate infrastructure tools, which comprise a complete web services system for multiple user environments. See details on the PAE environments page.
If you are interested in any software, or have any questions or feedback, please get in touch by emailing us at
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