aidan.md

Ocean dump

Skill levels

Basic:

• Run an existing model configuration
• Modify run length/time
• Specify different (already available) forcing fields
• View/analyse output using existing codes
• Understand model code, where to find it, how to look for source of outputs (text printed to logs etc)

Intermediate:

• Modify existing configuration (diagnostic outputs, frequencies)
• Diagnose crashes
• Make minor changes to model source code, recompile and use modified executables
• Fix minor errors/bugs
• More complicated analyses, write analyses

Advanced:

• Create new model configurations
• Make extensive modifications to source code
• Fix difficult errors/bugs
• Create analysis routines usable by others, contribute to existing analysis software?

Skills

bash

• basic
  • mkdir
  • cd
  • ls
  • cp
  • mv
  • rm
  • cmdline options/arguments
  • find
  • module load
  • module unload
  • understand symbolic links
• intermediate
  • make symbolic links
  • rsync
  • cp -r

Resource management

• basic
  • nci_account
  • lquota
  • short_files_report
  • gdata_files_report
• intermediate
  • ncimonitor
  • mdss
  • mdssdiff
  • mdssprep

git

• basic
  • clone
  • log
• intermediate
  • branch
  • remote
  • push

fortran

• basic
  • grep
  • editor
  • use github
• intermediate
  • compiler
  • syntax highlighting editor
• advanced
  • gdb/totalview
  • ld
  • ldd

payu

• basic
  • run
  • -n
  • collate
  • setup
  • sweep
• intermediate
  • grep
  • find

python

• advanced
  • alter python

PBS

• basic
  • nqstat, qsub, qstat, resources, queues
• intermediate
  • nf_limits
  • node differences