Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1097-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1097-2022
Development and technical paper
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07 Feb 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 07 Feb 2022

Enhancing the accessibility of unified modeling systems: GFDL System for High-resolution prediction on Earth-to-Local Domains (SHiELD) v2021b in a container

Kai-Yuan Cheng, Lucas M. Harris, and Yong Qiang Sun

Data sets

Data of Hurricane Laura simulations Kai-Yuan Cheng https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090126

Case configurations and initial/boundary conditions Kai-Yuan Cheng https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090124

GOES-R Series ABI Products, CLASS (Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System) NOAA https://www.avl.class.noaa.gov/ saa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=GRABIPRD

Model code and software

SHiELD v2021b in a container Kai-Yuan Cheng, Lucas M. Harris, Linjiong Zhou, Shian-Jiann Lin, Joseph Mouallem, Rusty Benson, Spencer Clark, Kun Gao, Xi Chen, Jan-Huey Chen, Yong Qiang Sun, Mingjing Tong, Baoqiang Xiang, Lauren Chilutti, Matthew Morin, Morris Bender, Oliver D. Elbert, Alex Kaltenbaugh, Timothy Marchok, J. Jacob Huff, and William Stern https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090895

Interactive computing environment

SHiELD Docker image Kai-Yuan Cheng, Lucas M. Harris, Linjiong Zhou, Shian-Jiann Lin, Joseph Mouallem, Rusty Benson, Spencer Clark, Kun Gao, Xi Chen, Jan-Huey Chen, Yong Qiang Sun, Mingjing Tong, Baoqiang Xiang, Lauren Chilutti, Matthew Morin, Morris Bender, Oliver D. Elbert, Alex Kaltenbaugh, Timothy Marchok, J. Jacob Huff, and William Stern https://hub.docker.com/r/gfdlfv3/shield

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Short summary
This paper presents the implementation of container technology for the System for High‐resolution prediction on Earth‐to‐Local Domains (SHiELD), a unified atmospheric model that can be used as a global, a global–nest, and a regional model for weather-to-seasonal prediction. Container technology makes SHiELD cross-platform and easy to use, which opens opportunities for collaborative research and development. The performance and scalability of the containerized SHiELD are evaluated and discussed.