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%\section{Getting started} |
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We believe the best way to familiarize yourself with the |
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model is to run the case study examples provided with the base |
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version. Information on how to obtain, compile, and run the code is |
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found here as well as a brief description of the model structure |
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directory and the case study examples. Information is also provided |
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here on how to customize the code when you are ready to try implementing |
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the configuration you have in mind. The code and algorithm |
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are described more fully in chapters \ref{chap:discretization} and |
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\ref{chap:sarch}. |
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\section{Where to find information} |
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\label{sec:whereToFindInfo} |
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There is a web-archived support mailing list for the model that |
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you can email at \texttt{MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org} or browse at: |
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http://mitgcm.org/mailman/listinfo/mitgcm-support/ |
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\section{Obtaining the code} |
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\label{sec:obtainingCode} |
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MITgcm can be downloaded from our system by following |
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the instructions below. As a courtesy we ask that you send e-mail to us at |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href=mailto:MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org> \end{rawhtml} |
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MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org |
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to enable us to keep track of who's using the model and in what application. |
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\item Using CVS software. CVS is a freely available source code management |
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tool. To use CVS you need to have the software installed. Many systems |
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\subsection{Method 1 - Checkout from CVS} |
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\label{sec:cvs_checkout} |
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If CVS is available on your system, we strongly encourage you to use it. CVS |
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track of your changes. If CVS is not available on your machine, you can also |
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in your \texttt{.cshrc} or \texttt{.tcshrc} file. For bash or sh |
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% cvs co -P -r checkpoint52i_post MITgcm |
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``\texttt{cvs checkout}'' command and using the option ``-P'' (\texttt{cvs co -P}) |
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code and CVS. It also contains a web interface to our CVS archive so |
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that one may easily view the state of files, revisions, and other |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm/" target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml} |
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named subsets of the codebase. These aliases can be especially |
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restricted storage space. Table \ref{tab:cvsModules} contains a list |
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\texttt{MITgcm\_code} & Only the source code -- none of the verification examples. \\ |
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\caption{MITgcm CVS Modules} |
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The checkout process creates a directory called \texttt{MITgcm}. If |
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the directory \texttt{MITgcm} exists this command updates your code |
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based on the repository. Each directory in the source tree contains a |
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directory \texttt{CVS}. This information is required by CVS to keep |
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track of your file versions with respect to the repository. Don't edit |
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the files in \texttt{CVS}! You can also use CVS to download code |
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updates. More extensive information on using CVS for maintaining |
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MITgcm code can be found |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://mitgcm.org/public/using_cvs.html" target="idontexist"> \end{rawhtml} |
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\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}. |
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\ref{tab:cvsModules} cannot be used in conjunction with the CVS |
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\texttt{-d DIRNAME} option. However, the \texttt{MITgcm} directories |
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Note that it is possible to checkout code without ``cvs login'' and without |
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setting any shell environment variables by specifying the pserver name and |
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``tag'' or release name. The -A tells CVS to upgrade to the |
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that you may only have part of a patch. Using this method of updating |
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\subsection{Method 2 - Tar file download} |
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The ``numerical'' model is contained within a execution environment |
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support wrapper. This wrapper is designed to provide a general |
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framework for grid-point models. MITgcmUV is a specific numerical |
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model that uses the framework. Under this structure the model is split |
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model code. The execution environment support code is held under the |
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\texttt{eesupp} directory. The grid point model code is held under the |
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\texttt{model} directory. Code execution actually starts in the |
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part of the code is in \texttt{model/src/THE\_MODEL\_MAIN.F}. Here is |
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a brief description of the directory structure of the model under the |
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\item \texttt{pkg}: contains the source code for the packages. Each |
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package corresponds to a subdirectory. For example, \texttt{gmredi} |
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contains the code related to the Gent-McWilliams/Redi scheme, |
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\texttt{aim} the code relative to the atmospheric intermediate |
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physics. The packages are described in detail in chapter \ref{chap:packagesI}. |
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\item \texttt{tools}: this directory contains various useful tools. |
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that should be used to generate your makefile. The directory |
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\texttt{adjoint} contains the makefile specific to the Tangent |
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linear and Adjoint Compiler (TAMC) that generates the adjoint code. |
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The latter is described in detail in part \ref{chap.ecco}. |
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compilers and machines that can run MITgcm. |
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subdirectory \texttt{knudsen2} contains code and a makefile that |
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compute coefficients of the polynomial approximation to the knudsen |
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formula for an ocean nonlinear equation of state. The |
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\texttt{matlab} subdirectory contains matlab scripts for reading |
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model output directly into matlab. \texttt{scripts} contains C-shell |
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post-processing scripts for joining processor-based and tiled-based |
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model output. The subdirectory exch2 contains the code needed for |
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the exch2 package to work with different combinations of domain |
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decompositions. |
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|
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\item \texttt{verification}: this directory contains the model |
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examples. See section \ref{sec:modelExamples}. |
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\item \texttt{jobs}: contains sample job scripts for running MITgcm. |
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\section[Building MITgcm]{Building the code} |
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\label{sec:buildingCode} |
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\begin{rawhtml} |
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<!-- CMIREDIR:buildingCode: --> |
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\end{rawhtml} |
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To compile the code, we use the \texttt{make} program. This uses a |
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file (\texttt{Makefile}) that allows us to pre-process source files, |
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specify compiler and optimization options and also figures out any |
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file dependencies. We supply a script (\texttt{genmake2}), described |
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in section \ref{sec:genmake}, that automatically creates the |
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\texttt{Makefile} for you. You then need to build the dependencies and |
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compile the code. |
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|
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As an example, assume that you want to build and run experiment |
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\texttt{verification/exp2}. The are multiple ways and places to |
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actually do this but here let's build the code in |
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\texttt{verification/exp2/build}: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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% cd verification/exp2/build |
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\end{verbatim} |
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First, build the \texttt{Makefile}: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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% ../../../tools/genmake2 -mods=../code |
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\end{verbatim} |
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The command line option tells \texttt{genmake} to override model source |
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code with any files in the directory \texttt{../code/}. |
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|
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On many systems, the \texttt{genmake2} program will be able to |
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automatically recognize the hardware, find compilers and other tools |
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1.31 |
within the user's path (``\texttt{echo \$PATH}''), and then choose an |
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1.29 |
appropriate set of options from the files (``optfiles'') contained in |
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the \texttt{tools/build\_options} directory. Under some |
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circumstances, a user may have to create a new ``optfile'' in order to |
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specify the exact combination of compiler, compiler flags, libraries, |
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and other options necessary to build a particular configuration of |
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MITgcm. In such cases, it is generally helpful to read the existing |
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``optfiles'' and mimic their syntax. |
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|
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Through the MITgcm-support list, the MITgcm developers are willing to |
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provide help writing or modifing ``optfiles''. And we encourage users |
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to post new ``optfiles'' (particularly ones for new machines or |
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architectures) to the |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href="mailto:MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org"> \end{rawhtml} |
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1.17 |
MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org |
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\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
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list. |
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1.16 |
|
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To specify an optfile to \texttt{genmake2}, the syntax is: |
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1.4 |
\begin{verbatim} |
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% ../../../tools/genmake2 -mods=../code -of /path/to/optfile |
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1.4 |
\end{verbatim} |
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Once a \texttt{Makefile} has been generated, we create the |
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dependencies with the command: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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% make depend |
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\end{verbatim} |
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This modifies the \texttt{Makefile} by attaching a (usually, long) |
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list of files upon which other files depend. The purpose of this is to |
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reduce re-compilation if and when you start to modify the code. The |
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{\tt make depend} command also creates links from the model source to |
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this directory. It is important to note that the {\tt make depend} |
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stage will occasionally produce warnings or errors since the |
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dependency parsing tool is unable to find all of the necessary header |
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files (\textit{eg.} \texttt{netcdf.inc}). In these circumstances, it |
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is usually OK to ignore the warnings/errors and proceed to the next |
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step. |
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1.1 |
|
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1.31 |
Next one can compile the code using: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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% make |
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\end{verbatim} |
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1.31 |
The {\tt make} command creates an executable called \texttt{mitgcmuv}. |
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1.16 |
Additional make ``targets'' are defined within the makefile to aid in |
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1.31 |
the production of adjoint and other versions of MITgcm. On SMP |
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(shared multi-processor) systems, the build process can often be sped |
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up appreciably using the command: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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% make -j 2 |
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\end{verbatim} |
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where the ``2'' can be replaced with a number that corresponds to the |
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|
|
number of CPUs available. |
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1.4 |
|
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|
Now you are ready to run the model. General instructions for doing so are |
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1.44 |
given in section \ref{sec:runModel}. Here, we can run the model by |
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1.31 |
first creating links to all the input files: |
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|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
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ln -s ../input/* . |
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|
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\end{verbatim} |
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|
and then calling the executable with: |
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1.4 |
\begin{verbatim} |
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|
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./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
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\end{verbatim} |
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1.31 |
where we are re-directing the stream of text output to the file |
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|
|
\texttt{output.txt}. |
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adcroft |
1.4 |
|
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molod |
1.35 |
\subsection{Building/compiling the code elsewhere} |
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|
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jmc |
1.44 |
In the example above (section \ref{sec:buildingCode}) we built the |
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1.35 |
executable in the {\em input} directory of the experiment for |
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|
|
convenience. You can also configure and compile the code in other |
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|
|
locations, for example on a scratch disk with out having to copy the |
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entire source tree. The only requirement to do so is you have {\tt |
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|
genmake2} in your path or you know the absolute path to {\tt |
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|
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genmake2}. |
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|
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|
|
The following sections outline some possible methods of organizing |
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|
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your source and data. |
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|
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|
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\subsubsection{Building from the {\em ../code directory}} |
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|
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|
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This is just as simple as building in the {\em input/} directory: |
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|
\begin{verbatim} |
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|
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% cd verification/exp2/code |
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|
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% ../../../tools/genmake2 |
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|
|
% make depend |
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|
|
% make |
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|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
|
However, to run the model the executable ({\em mitgcmuv}) and input |
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|
|
files must be in the same place. If you only have one calculation to make: |
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|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
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|
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% cd ../input |
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|
% cp ../code/mitgcmuv ./ |
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|
|
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
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|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
|
or if you will be making multiple runs with the same executable: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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|
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% cd ../ |
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% cp -r input run1 |
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% cp code/mitgcmuv run1 |
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% cd run1 |
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|
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% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
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|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
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|
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|
|
\subsubsection{Building from a new directory} |
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|
|
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|
|
Since the {\em input} directory contains input files it is often more |
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|
|
useful to keep {\em input} pristine and build in a new directory |
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|
|
within {\em verification/exp2/}: |
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|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
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|
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% cd verification/exp2 |
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|
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% mkdir build |
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|
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% cd build |
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% ../../../tools/genmake2 -mods=../code |
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|
|
% make depend |
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|
|
% make |
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|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
|
This builds the code exactly as before but this time you need to copy |
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|
|
either the executable or the input files or both in order to run the |
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|
|
model. For example, |
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|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
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|
|
% cp ../input/* ./ |
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|
|
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
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|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
|
or if you tend to make multiple runs with the same executable then |
479 |
|
|
running in a new directory each time might be more appropriate: |
480 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
481 |
|
|
% cd ../ |
482 |
|
|
% mkdir run1 |
483 |
|
|
% cp build/mitgcmuv run1/ |
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|
|
% cp input/* run1/ |
485 |
|
|
% cd run1 |
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|
|
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
487 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
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|
|
|
489 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Building on a scratch disk} |
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|
|
|
491 |
|
|
Model object files and output data can use up large amounts of disk |
492 |
|
|
space so it is often the case that you will be operating on a large |
493 |
|
|
scratch disk. Assuming the model source is in {\em ~/MITgcm} then the |
494 |
|
|
following commands will build the model in {\em /scratch/exp2-run1}: |
495 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
496 |
|
|
% cd /scratch/exp2-run1 |
497 |
|
|
% ~/MITgcm/tools/genmake2 -rootdir=~/MITgcm \ |
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|
|
-mods=~/MITgcm/verification/exp2/code |
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|
|
% make depend |
500 |
|
|
% make |
501 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
502 |
|
|
To run the model here, you'll need the input files: |
503 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
504 |
|
|
% cp ~/MITgcm/verification/exp2/input/* ./ |
505 |
|
|
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
506 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
507 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
As before, you could build in one directory and make multiple runs of |
509 |
|
|
the one experiment: |
510 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
511 |
|
|
% cd /scratch/exp2 |
512 |
|
|
% mkdir build |
513 |
|
|
% cd build |
514 |
|
|
% ~/MITgcm/tools/genmake2 -rootdir=~/MITgcm \ |
515 |
|
|
-mods=~/MITgcm/verification/exp2/code |
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|
|
% make depend |
517 |
|
|
% make |
518 |
|
|
% cd ../ |
519 |
|
|
% cp -r ~/MITgcm/verification/exp2/input run2 |
520 |
|
|
% cd run2 |
521 |
|
|
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
522 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
523 |
|
|
|
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|
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|
525 |
|
|
\subsection{Using \texttt{genmake2}} |
526 |
jmc |
1.44 |
\label{sec:genmake} |
527 |
molod |
1.35 |
|
528 |
|
|
To compile the code, first use the program \texttt{genmake2} (located |
529 |
|
|
in the \texttt{tools} directory) to generate a Makefile. |
530 |
|
|
\texttt{genmake2} is a shell script written to work with all |
531 |
|
|
``sh''--compatible shells including bash v1, bash v2, and Bourne. |
532 |
jmc |
1.42 |
%Internally, \texttt{genmake2} determines the locations of needed |
533 |
|
|
%files, the compiler, compiler options, libraries, and Unix tools. It |
534 |
|
|
%relies upon a number of ``optfiles'' located in the |
535 |
|
|
%\texttt{tools/build\_options} directory. |
536 |
|
|
\texttt{genmake2} parses information from the following sources: |
537 |
|
|
\begin{description} |
538 |
|
|
\item[-] a {\em gemake\_local} file if one is found in the current |
539 |
|
|
directory |
540 |
|
|
\item[-] command-line options |
541 |
|
|
\item[-] an "options file" as specified by the command-line option |
542 |
|
|
\texttt{--optfile=/PATH/FILENAME} |
543 |
|
|
\item[-] a {\em packages.conf} file (if one is found) with the |
544 |
|
|
specific list of packages to compile. The search path for |
545 |
|
|
file {\em packages.conf} is, first, the current directory and |
546 |
|
|
then each of the "MODS" directories in the given order (see below). |
547 |
|
|
\end{description} |
548 |
|
|
|
549 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Optfiles in \texttt{tools/build\_options} directory:} |
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molod |
1.35 |
|
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|
|
The purpose of the optfiles is to provide all the compilation options |
552 |
|
|
for particular ``platforms'' (where ``platform'' roughly means the |
553 |
|
|
combination of the hardware and the compiler) and code configurations. |
554 |
|
|
Given the combinations of possible compilers and library dependencies |
555 |
|
|
({\it eg.} MPI and NetCDF) there may be numerous optfiles available |
556 |
|
|
for a single machine. The naming scheme for the majority of the |
557 |
|
|
optfiles shipped with the code is |
558 |
|
|
\begin{center} |
559 |
|
|
{\bf OS\_HARDWARE\_COMPILER } |
560 |
|
|
\end{center} |
561 |
|
|
where |
562 |
|
|
\begin{description} |
563 |
|
|
\item[OS] is the name of the operating system (generally the |
564 |
|
|
lower-case output of the {\tt 'uname'} command) |
565 |
|
|
\item[HARDWARE] is a string that describes the CPU type and |
566 |
|
|
corresponds to output from the {\tt 'uname -m'} command: |
567 |
|
|
\begin{description} |
568 |
|
|
\item[ia32] is for ``x86'' machines such as i386, i486, i586, i686, |
569 |
|
|
and athlon |
570 |
|
|
\item[ia64] is for Intel IA64 systems (eg. Itanium, Itanium2) |
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|
|
\item[amd64] is AMD x86\_64 systems |
572 |
|
|
\item[ppc] is for Mac PowerPC systems |
573 |
|
|
\end{description} |
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|
|
\item[COMPILER] is the compiler name (generally, the name of the |
575 |
|
|
FORTRAN executable) |
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|
|
\end{description} |
577 |
|
|
|
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|
|
In many cases, the default optfiles are sufficient and will result in |
579 |
|
|
usable Makefiles. However, for some machines or code configurations, |
580 |
|
|
new ``optfiles'' must be written. To create a new optfile, it is |
581 |
|
|
generally best to start with one of the defaults and modify it to suit |
582 |
|
|
your needs. Like \texttt{genmake2}, the optfiles are all written |
583 |
|
|
using a simple ``sh''--compatible syntax. While nearly all variables |
584 |
|
|
used within \texttt{genmake2} may be specified in the optfiles, the |
585 |
|
|
critical ones that should be defined are: |
586 |
|
|
|
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|
|
\begin{description} |
588 |
|
|
\item[FC] the FORTRAN compiler (executable) to use |
589 |
|
|
\item[DEFINES] the command-line DEFINE options passed to the compiler |
590 |
|
|
\item[CPP] the C pre-processor to use |
591 |
|
|
\item[NOOPTFLAGS] options flags for special files that should not be |
592 |
|
|
optimized |
593 |
|
|
\end{description} |
594 |
|
|
|
595 |
|
|
For example, the optfile for a typical Red Hat Linux machine (``ia32'' |
596 |
|
|
architecture) using the GCC (g77) compiler is |
597 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
598 |
|
|
FC=g77 |
599 |
|
|
DEFINES='-D_BYTESWAPIO -DWORDLENGTH=4' |
600 |
|
|
CPP='cpp -traditional -P' |
601 |
|
|
NOOPTFLAGS='-O0' |
602 |
|
|
# For IEEE, use the "-ffloat-store" option |
603 |
|
|
if test "x$IEEE" = x ; then |
604 |
|
|
FFLAGS='-Wimplicit -Wunused -Wuninitialized' |
605 |
|
|
FOPTIM='-O3 -malign-double -funroll-loops' |
606 |
|
|
else |
607 |
|
|
FFLAGS='-Wimplicit -Wunused -ffloat-store' |
608 |
|
|
FOPTIM='-O0 -malign-double' |
609 |
|
|
fi |
610 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
611 |
|
|
|
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|
|
If you write an optfile for an unrepresented machine or compiler, you |
613 |
|
|
are strongly encouraged to submit the optfile to the MITgcm project |
614 |
|
|
for inclusion. Please send the file to the |
615 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} <A href="mail-to:MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org"> \end{rawhtml} |
616 |
|
|
\begin{center} |
617 |
|
|
MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org |
618 |
|
|
\end{center} |
619 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
620 |
|
|
mailing list. |
621 |
|
|
|
622 |
jmc |
1.42 |
\subsubsection{Command-line options:} |
623 |
|
|
|
624 |
molod |
1.35 |
In addition to the optfiles, \texttt{genmake2} supports a number of |
625 |
|
|
helpful command-line options. A complete list of these options can be |
626 |
|
|
obtained from: |
627 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
628 |
|
|
% genmake2 -h |
629 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
630 |
|
|
|
631 |
|
|
The most important command-line options are: |
632 |
|
|
\begin{description} |
633 |
|
|
|
634 |
|
|
\item[\texttt{--optfile=/PATH/FILENAME}] specifies the optfile that |
635 |
|
|
should be used for a particular build. |
636 |
|
|
|
637 |
|
|
If no "optfile" is specified (either through the command line or the |
638 |
|
|
MITGCM\_OPTFILE environment variable), genmake2 will try to make a |
639 |
|
|
reasonable guess from the list provided in {\em |
640 |
|
|
tools/build\_options}. The method used for making this guess is |
641 |
|
|
to first determine the combination of operating system and hardware |
642 |
|
|
(eg. "linux\_ia32") and then find a working FORTRAN compiler within |
643 |
|
|
the user's path. When these three items have been identified, |
644 |
|
|
genmake2 will try to find an optfile that has a matching name. |
645 |
|
|
|
646 |
jmc |
1.42 |
\item[\texttt{--mods='DIR1 DIR2 DIR3 ...'}] specifies a list of |
647 |
|
|
directories containing ``modifications''. These directories contain |
648 |
|
|
files with names that may (or may not) exist in the main MITgcm |
649 |
|
|
source tree but will be overridden by any identically-named sources |
650 |
|
|
within the ``MODS'' directories. |
651 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
|
The order of precedence for this "name-hiding" is as follows: |
653 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
654 |
|
|
\item ``MODS'' directories (in the order given) |
655 |
|
|
\item Packages either explicitly specified or provided by default |
656 |
|
|
(in the order given) |
657 |
|
|
\item Packages included due to package dependencies (in the order |
658 |
|
|
that that package dependencies are parsed) |
659 |
|
|
\item The "standard dirs" (which may have been specified by the |
660 |
|
|
``-standarddirs'' option) |
661 |
|
|
\end{itemize} |
662 |
molod |
1.35 |
|
663 |
jmc |
1.42 |
\item[\texttt{--pgroups=/PATH/FILENAME}] specifies the file |
664 |
|
|
where package groups are defined. If not set, the package-groups |
665 |
|
|
definition will be read from {\em pkg/pkg\_groups}. |
666 |
|
|
It also contains the default list of packages (defined |
667 |
|
|
as the group ``{\it default\_pkg\_list}'' which is used |
668 |
|
|
when no specific package list ({\em packages.conf}) |
669 |
|
|
is found in current directory or in any "MODS" directory. |
670 |
|
|
|
671 |
molod |
1.35 |
\item[\texttt{--pdepend=/PATH/FILENAME}] specifies the dependency file |
672 |
|
|
used for packages. |
673 |
|
|
|
674 |
|
|
If not specified, the default dependency file {\em pkg/pkg\_depend} |
675 |
|
|
is used. The syntax for this file is parsed on a line-by-line basis |
676 |
|
|
where each line containes either a comment ("\#") or a simple |
677 |
|
|
"PKGNAME1 (+|-)PKGNAME2" pairwise rule where the "+" or "-" symbol |
678 |
|
|
specifies a "must be used with" or a "must not be used with" |
679 |
|
|
relationship, respectively. If no rule is specified, then it is |
680 |
|
|
assumed that the two packages are compatible and will function |
681 |
|
|
either with or without each other. |
682 |
|
|
|
683 |
|
|
\item[\texttt{--adof=/path/to/file}] specifies the "adjoint" or |
684 |
|
|
automatic differentiation options file to be used. The file is |
685 |
|
|
analogous to the ``optfile'' defined above but it specifies |
686 |
|
|
information for the AD build process. |
687 |
|
|
|
688 |
|
|
The default file is located in {\em |
689 |
|
|
tools/adjoint\_options/adjoint\_default} and it defines the "TAF" |
690 |
|
|
and "TAMC" compilers. An alternate version is also available at |
691 |
|
|
{\em tools/adjoint\_options/adjoint\_staf} that selects the newer |
692 |
|
|
"STAF" compiler. As with any compilers, it is helpful to have their |
693 |
|
|
directories listed in your {\tt \$PATH} environment variable. |
694 |
|
|
|
695 |
|
|
\item[\texttt{--mpi}] This option enables certain MPI features (using |
696 |
|
|
CPP \texttt{\#define}s) within the code and is necessary for MPI |
697 |
jmc |
1.44 |
builds (see Section \ref{sec:mpi-build}). |
698 |
molod |
1.35 |
|
699 |
|
|
\item[\texttt{--make=/path/to/gmake}] Due to the poor handling of |
700 |
|
|
soft-links and other bugs common with the \texttt{make} versions |
701 |
|
|
provided by commercial Unix vendors, GNU \texttt{make} (sometimes |
702 |
|
|
called \texttt{gmake}) should be preferred. This option provides a |
703 |
|
|
means for specifying the make executable to be used. |
704 |
|
|
|
705 |
|
|
\item[\texttt{--bash=/path/to/sh}] On some (usually older UNIX) |
706 |
|
|
machines, the ``bash'' shell is unavailable. To run on these |
707 |
|
|
systems, \texttt{genmake2} can be invoked using an ``sh'' (that is, |
708 |
|
|
a Bourne, POSIX, or compatible) shell. The syntax in these |
709 |
|
|
circumstances is: |
710 |
|
|
\begin{center} |
711 |
|
|
\texttt{\% /bin/sh genmake2 -bash=/bin/sh [...options...]} |
712 |
|
|
\end{center} |
713 |
|
|
where \texttt{/bin/sh} can be replaced with the full path and name |
714 |
|
|
of the desired shell. |
715 |
|
|
|
716 |
|
|
\end{description} |
717 |
|
|
|
718 |
|
|
|
719 |
|
|
\subsection{Building with MPI} |
720 |
jmc |
1.44 |
\label{sec:mpi-build} |
721 |
molod |
1.35 |
|
722 |
|
|
Building MITgcm to use MPI libraries can be complicated due to the |
723 |
|
|
variety of different MPI implementations available, their dependencies |
724 |
|
|
or interactions with different compilers, and their often ad-hoc |
725 |
|
|
locations within file systems. For these reasons, its generally a |
726 |
|
|
good idea to start by finding and reading the documentation for your |
727 |
|
|
machine(s) and, if necessary, seeking help from your local systems |
728 |
|
|
administrator. |
729 |
|
|
|
730 |
|
|
The steps for building MITgcm with MPI support are: |
731 |
|
|
\begin{enumerate} |
732 |
|
|
|
733 |
|
|
\item Determine the locations of your MPI-enabled compiler and/or MPI |
734 |
|
|
libraries and put them into an options file as described in Section |
735 |
jmc |
1.44 |
\ref{sec:genmake}. One can start with one of the examples in: |
736 |
molod |
1.35 |
\begin{rawhtml} <A |
737 |
jmc |
1.40 |
href="http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm/tools/build_options/"> |
738 |
molod |
1.35 |
\end{rawhtml} |
739 |
|
|
\begin{center} |
740 |
|
|
\texttt{MITgcm/tools/build\_options/} |
741 |
|
|
\end{center} |
742 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
743 |
|
|
such as \texttt{linux\_ia32\_g77+mpi\_cg01} or |
744 |
|
|
\texttt{linux\_ia64\_efc+mpi} and then edit it to suit the machine at |
745 |
|
|
hand. You may need help from your user guide or local systems |
746 |
|
|
administrator to determine the exact location of the MPI libraries. |
747 |
|
|
If libraries are not installed, MPI implementations and related |
748 |
|
|
tools are available including: |
749 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
750 |
|
|
\item \begin{rawhtml} <A |
751 |
|
|
href="http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/"> |
752 |
|
|
\end{rawhtml} |
753 |
|
|
MPICH |
754 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
755 |
|
|
|
756 |
|
|
\item \begin{rawhtml} <A |
757 |
|
|
href="http://www.lam-mpi.org/"> |
758 |
|
|
\end{rawhtml} |
759 |
|
|
LAM/MPI |
760 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
761 |
|
|
|
762 |
|
|
\item \begin{rawhtml} <A |
763 |
|
|
href="http://www.osc.edu/~pw/mpiexec/"> |
764 |
|
|
\end{rawhtml} |
765 |
|
|
MPIexec |
766 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
767 |
|
|
\end{itemize} |
768 |
|
|
|
769 |
|
|
\item Build the code with the \texttt{genmake2} \texttt{-mpi} option |
770 |
jmc |
1.44 |
(see Section \ref{sec:genmake}) using commands such as: |
771 |
molod |
1.35 |
{\footnotesize \begin{verbatim} |
772 |
|
|
% ../../../tools/genmake2 -mods=../code -mpi -of=YOUR_OPTFILE |
773 |
|
|
% make depend |
774 |
|
|
% make |
775 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} } |
776 |
|
|
|
777 |
|
|
\item Run the code with the appropriate MPI ``run'' or ``exec'' |
778 |
|
|
program provided with your particular implementation of MPI. |
779 |
|
|
Typical MPI packages such as MPICH will use something like: |
780 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
781 |
|
|
% mpirun -np 4 -machinefile mf ./mitgcmuv |
782 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
783 |
|
|
Sightly more complicated scripts may be needed for many machines |
784 |
|
|
since execution of the code may be controlled by both the MPI |
785 |
|
|
library and a job scheduling and queueing system such as PBS, |
786 |
|
|
LoadLeveller, Condor, or any of a number of similar tools. A few |
787 |
|
|
example scripts (those used for our \begin{rawhtml} <A |
788 |
jmc |
1.41 |
href="http://mitgcm.org/public/testing.html"> \end{rawhtml}regular |
789 |
molod |
1.35 |
verification runs\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml}) are available |
790 |
|
|
at: |
791 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} <A |
792 |
jmc |
1.41 |
href="http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm/tools/example_scripts/"> |
793 |
|
|
\end{rawhtml} |
794 |
|
|
{\footnotesize \tt |
795 |
|
|
http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm/tools/example\_scripts/ } |
796 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
797 |
|
|
or at: |
798 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} <A |
799 |
jmc |
1.40 |
href="http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm_contrib/test_scripts/"> |
800 |
molod |
1.35 |
\end{rawhtml} |
801 |
|
|
{\footnotesize \tt |
802 |
jmc |
1.40 |
http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm\_contrib/test\_scripts/ } |
803 |
molod |
1.35 |
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
804 |
|
|
|
805 |
|
|
\end{enumerate} |
806 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
An example of the above process on the MITgcm cluster (``cg01'') using |
808 |
|
|
the GNU g77 compiler and the mpich MPI library is: |
809 |
|
|
|
810 |
|
|
{\footnotesize \begin{verbatim} |
811 |
|
|
% cd MITgcm/verification/exp5 |
812 |
|
|
% mkdir build |
813 |
|
|
% cd build |
814 |
|
|
% ../../../tools/genmake2 -mpi -mods=../code \ |
815 |
|
|
-of=../../../tools/build_options/linux_ia32_g77+mpi_cg01 |
816 |
|
|
% make depend |
817 |
|
|
% make |
818 |
|
|
% cd ../input |
819 |
|
|
% /usr/local/pkg/mpi/mpi-1.2.4..8a-gm-1.5/g77/bin/mpirun.ch_gm \ |
820 |
|
|
-machinefile mf --gm-kill 5 -v -np 2 ../build/mitgcmuv |
821 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} } |
822 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
|
823 |
cnh |
1.26 |
\section[Running MITgcm]{Running the model in prognostic mode} |
824 |
jmc |
1.44 |
\label{sec:runModel} |
825 |
edhill |
1.30 |
\begin{rawhtml} |
826 |
|
|
<!-- CMIREDIR:runModel: --> |
827 |
|
|
\end{rawhtml} |
828 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
|
829 |
jmc |
1.44 |
If compilation finished succesfully (section \ref{sec:buildingCode}) |
830 |
edhill |
1.23 |
then an executable called \texttt{mitgcmuv} will now exist in the |
831 |
|
|
local directory. |
832 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
833 |
edhill |
1.29 |
To run the model as a single process (\textit{ie.} not in parallel) |
834 |
|
|
simply type: |
835 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\begin{verbatim} |
836 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
% ./mitgcmuv |
837 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\end{verbatim} |
838 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
The ``./'' is a safe-guard to make sure you use the local executable |
839 |
|
|
in case you have others that exist in your path (surely odd if you |
840 |
|
|
do!). The above command will spew out many lines of text output to |
841 |
|
|
your screen. This output contains details such as parameter values as |
842 |
|
|
well as diagnostics such as mean Kinetic energy, largest CFL number, |
843 |
|
|
etc. It is worth keeping this text output with the binary output so we |
844 |
edhill |
1.31 |
normally re-direct the \texttt{stdout} stream as follows: |
845 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\begin{verbatim} |
846 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
% ./mitgcmuv > output.txt |
847 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\end{verbatim} |
848 |
edhill |
1.29 |
In the event that the model encounters an error and stops, it is very |
849 |
|
|
helpful to include the last few line of this \texttt{output.txt} file |
850 |
|
|
along with the (\texttt{stderr}) error message within any bug reports. |
851 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
852 |
edhill |
1.31 |
For the example experiments in \texttt{verification}, an example of the |
853 |
|
|
output is kept in \texttt{results/output.txt} for comparison. You can |
854 |
|
|
compare your \texttt{output.txt} with the corresponding one for that |
855 |
edhill |
1.29 |
experiment to check that the set-up works. |
856 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
857 |
|
|
|
858 |
|
|
|
859 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
\subsection{Output files} |
860 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
861 |
edhill |
1.31 |
The model produces various output files and, when using \texttt{mnc}, |
862 |
|
|
sometimes even directories. Depending upon the I/O package(s) |
863 |
|
|
selected at compile time (either \texttt{mdsio} or \texttt{mnc} or |
864 |
|
|
both as determined by \texttt{code/packages.conf}) and the run-time |
865 |
|
|
flags set (in \texttt{input/data.pkg}), the following output may |
866 |
|
|
appear. |
867 |
edhill |
1.29 |
|
868 |
|
|
|
869 |
|
|
\subsubsection{MDSIO output files} |
870 |
|
|
|
871 |
|
|
The ``traditional'' output files are generated by the \texttt{mdsio} |
872 |
|
|
package. At a minimum, the instantaneous ``state'' of the model is |
873 |
|
|
written out, which is made of the following files: |
874 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
875 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
876 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{U.00000nIter} - zonal component of velocity field (m/s |
877 |
|
|
and positive eastward). |
878 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
879 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{V.00000nIter} - meridional component of velocity field |
880 |
|
|
(m/s and positive northward). |
881 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
882 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{W.00000nIter} - vertical component of velocity field |
883 |
|
|
(ocean: m/s and positive upward, atmosphere: Pa/s and positive |
884 |
|
|
towards increasing pressure i.e. downward). |
885 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
886 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{T.00000nIter} - potential temperature (ocean: |
887 |
|
|
$^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$, atmosphere: $^{\circ}\mathrm{K}$). |
888 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
889 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{S.00000nIter} - ocean: salinity (psu), atmosphere: water |
890 |
|
|
vapor (g/kg). |
891 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
892 |
edhill |
1.34 |
\item \texttt{Eta.00000nIter} - ocean: surface elevation (m), |
893 |
|
|
atmosphere: surface pressure anomaly (Pa). |
894 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\end{itemize} |
895 |
|
|
|
896 |
edhill |
1.31 |
The chain \texttt{00000nIter} consists of ten figures that specify the |
897 |
edhill |
1.34 |
iteration number at which the output is written out. For example, |
898 |
|
|
\texttt{U.0000000300} is the zonal velocity at iteration 300. |
899 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
900 |
|
|
In addition, a ``pickup'' or ``checkpoint'' file called: |
901 |
|
|
|
902 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
903 |
edhill |
1.31 |
\item \texttt{pickup.00000nIter} |
904 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\end{itemize} |
905 |
|
|
|
906 |
|
|
is written out. This file represents the state of the model in a condensed |
907 |
|
|
form and is used for restarting the integration. If the C-D scheme is used, |
908 |
|
|
there is an additional ``pickup'' file: |
909 |
|
|
|
910 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
911 |
edhill |
1.31 |
\item \texttt{pickup\_cd.00000nIter} |
912 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
\end{itemize} |
913 |
|
|
|
914 |
|
|
containing the D-grid velocity data and that has to be written out as well |
915 |
|
|
in order to restart the integration. Rolling checkpoint files are the same |
916 |
|
|
as the pickup files but are named differently. Their name contain the chain |
917 |
edhill |
1.31 |
\texttt{ckptA} or \texttt{ckptB} instead of \texttt{00000nIter}. They can be |
918 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
used to restart the model but are overwritten every other time they are |
919 |
|
|
output to save disk space during long integrations. |
920 |
|
|
|
921 |
edhill |
1.29 |
\subsubsection{MNC output files} |
922 |
|
|
|
923 |
|
|
Unlike the \texttt{mdsio} output, the \texttt{mnc}--generated output |
924 |
|
|
is usually (though not necessarily) placed within a subdirectory with |
925 |
molod |
1.38 |
a name such as \texttt{mnc\_test\_\${DATE}\_\${SEQ}}. |
926 |
edhill |
1.29 |
|
927 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
\subsection{Looking at the output} |
928 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
929 |
edhill |
1.29 |
The ``traditional'' or mdsio model data are written according to a |
930 |
|
|
``meta/data'' file format. Each variable is associated with two files |
931 |
edhill |
1.31 |
with suffix names \texttt{.data} and \texttt{.meta}. The |
932 |
|
|
\texttt{.data} file contains the data written in binary form |
933 |
|
|
(big\_endian by default). The \texttt{.meta} file is a ``header'' file |
934 |
edhill |
1.29 |
that contains information about the size and the structure of the |
935 |
edhill |
1.31 |
\texttt{.data} file. This way of organizing the output is particularly |
936 |
edhill |
1.29 |
useful when running multi-processors calculations. The base version of |
937 |
|
|
the model includes a few matlab utilities to read output files written |
938 |
|
|
in this format. The matlab scripts are located in the directory |
939 |
edhill |
1.31 |
\texttt{utils/matlab} under the root tree. The script \texttt{rdmds.m} |
940 |
edhill |
1.29 |
reads the data. Look at the comments inside the script to see how to |
941 |
|
|
use it. |
942 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
943 |
adcroft |
1.4 |
Some examples of reading and visualizing some output in {\em Matlab}: |
944 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
945 |
|
|
% matlab |
946 |
|
|
>> H=rdmds('Depth'); |
947 |
|
|
>> contourf(H');colorbar; |
948 |
|
|
>> title('Depth of fluid as used by model'); |
949 |
|
|
|
950 |
|
|
>> eta=rdmds('Eta',10); |
951 |
|
|
>> imagesc(eta');axis ij;colorbar; |
952 |
|
|
>> title('Surface height at iter=10'); |
953 |
|
|
|
954 |
|
|
>> eta=rdmds('Eta',[0:10:100]); |
955 |
|
|
>> for n=1:11; imagesc(eta(:,:,n)');axis ij;colorbar;pause(.5);end |
956 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
957 |
adcroft |
1.1 |
|
958 |
edhill |
1.31 |
Similar scripts for netCDF output (\texttt{rdmnc.m}) are available and |
959 |
|
|
they are described in Section \ref{sec:pkg:mnc}. |
960 |
|
|
|
961 |
molod |
1.38 |
The MNC output files are all in the ``self-describing'' netCDF |
962 |
|
|
format and can thus be browsed and/or plotted using tools such as: |
963 |
|
|
\begin{itemize} |
964 |
|
|
\item \texttt{ncdump} is a utility which is typically included |
965 |
|
|
with every netCDF install: |
966 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/"> \end{rawhtml} |
967 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
968 |
|
|
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/ |
969 |
|
|
\end{verbatim} |
970 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} and it converts the netCDF |
971 |
|
|
binaries into formatted ASCII text files. |
972 |
|
|
|
973 |
|
|
\item \texttt{ncview} utility is a very convenient and quick way |
974 |
|
|
to plot netCDF data and it runs on most OSes: |
975 |
|
|
\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html"> \end{rawhtml} |
976 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim} |
977 |
|
|
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html |
978 |
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979 |
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\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
980 |
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\item MatLAB(c) and other common post-processing environments provide |
982 |
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various netCDF interfaces including: |
983 |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://mexcdf.sourceforge.net/"> \end{rawhtml} |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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http://mexcdf.sourceforge.net/ |
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\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
988 |
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\begin{rawhtml} <A href="http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/staffpages/cdenham/public_html/MexCDF/nc4ml5.html"> \end{rawhtml} |
989 |
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\begin{verbatim} |
990 |
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http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/staffpages/cdenham/public_html/MexCDF/nc4ml5.html |
991 |
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\end{verbatim} |
992 |
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\begin{rawhtml} </A> \end{rawhtml} |
993 |
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994 |
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