Nine time steps: ultra-fast statistical consistency testing of the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v3.0)

Milroy, Daniel J.; Baker, Allison H.; Hammerling, Dorit M.; Jessup, Elizabeth R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-697-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-697-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-697-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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26 Feb 2018

Development and technical paper |

| 26 Feb 2018

Nine time steps: ultra-fast statistical consistency testing of the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v3.0)

Daniel J. Milroy, Allison H. Baker, Dorit M. Hammerling, and Elizabeth R. Jessup

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of the article ‘Nine time steps: ultra-fast statistical consistency testing of the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v3.0)’', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Daniel Milroy, 19 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Reviews for "Nine time steps: ultra-fast statistical consistency testing of the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v3.0)"', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Daniel Milroy, 20 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Daniel Milroy on behalf of the Authors (09 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Aug 2017) by Olivier Marti

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Sep 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Nov 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Dec 2017) by Olivier Marti

AR by Daniel Milroy on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Jan 2018) by Olivier Marti

AR by Daniel Milroy on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2018)

Short summary

The Community Earth System Model Ensemble Consistency Test (CESM-ECT) suite was developed as an alternative to requiring bitwise identical output for quality assurance. We extend the CESM-ECT suite with an inexpensive and robust test for ensemble consistency that is applied to Community Atmospheric Model output after only nine model time steps. The new ultra-fast test facilitates CESM development, porting, and optimization efforts, and complements the original suite of tools.