A new ensemble-based consistency test for the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v1.0)

Baker, A. H.; Hammerling, D. M.; Levy, M. N.; Xu, H.; Dennis, J. M.; Eaton, B. E.; Edwards, J.; Hannay, C.; Mickelson, S. A.; Neale, R. B.; Nychka, D.; Shollenberger, J.; Tribbia, J.; Vertenstein, M.; Williamson, D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2829-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2829-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2829-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 9

Development and technical paper

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09 Sep 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 09 Sep 2015

A new ensemble-based consistency test for the Community Earth System Model (pyCECT v1.0)

A. H. Baker, D. M. Hammerling, M. N. Levy, H. Xu, J. M. Dennis, B. E. Eaton, J. Edwards, C. Hannay, S. A. Mickelson, R. B. Neale, D. Nychka, J. Shollenberger, J. Tribbia, M. Vertenstein, and D. Williamson

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

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RC C926: 'Review of "A new ensemble-based consistency test for the Community Earth System Model"', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2015
- AC C1300: 'Response to review RC C926', Allison H. Baker, 03 Jul 2015
SC C946: 'Executive Editot comment on "A new ensemble-based consistency test for the Community Earth System Model"', Astrid Kerkweg, 03 Jun 2015
- AC C1264: 'Response to review SC C946', Allison H. Baker, 29 Jun 2015
RC C1177: 'Review of “A new ensemble-based consistency test for the Community Earth System Model”', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jun 2015
- AC C1298: 'Response to review RC C1177', Allison H. Baker, 02 Jul 2015

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Allison H. Baker on behalf of the Authors (21 Jul 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Aug 2015) by Gerd A. Folberth

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Aug 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Aug 2015)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (14 Aug 2015) by Gerd A. Folberth

AR by Allison H. Baker on behalf of the Authors (22 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Aug 2015) by Gerd A. Folberth

AR by Allison H. Baker on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2015)

Short summary

Climate simulation codes are especially complex, and their ongoing state of development requires frequent software quality assurance to both preserve code quality and instil model confidence. To formalize and simplify this previously subjective and expensive process, we have developed a new tool for evaluating climate consistency. The tool has proven its utility in detecting errors in software and hardware environments and providing rapid feedback to model developers.