Isca
Isca is a framework used for idealized global circulation modelling. We recommend that you install it for yourself individually as the code expects to be able to modify its source code files. It is relatively straighforward to install into a conda environment as described below.
Install Isca
Install it for just your user as a Python conda environment called "isca".
module load netCDF-Fortran/4.5.3-gompi-2020b
module load miniconda
module save isca
mkdir ~/programs
cd ~/programs
git clone https://www.github.com/execlim/isca.git
conda create -n isca python=3.7
conda activate isca
conda install tqdm
cd isca/src/extra/python
pip install -e .
Then add the following to your .bashrc file
# Isca
# directory of the Isca source code
export GFDL_BASE=$HOME/programs/isca
# "environment" configuration for grace
export GFDL_ENV=gfortran
# temporary working directory used in running the model
export GFDL_WORK=$PALMER_SCRATCH/gfdl_work
# directory for storing model output
export GFDL_DATA=$GIBBS_PROJECT/gfdl_data
Update the Environment
Open $HOME/programs/isca/postprocessing/mppnccombine_run.sh and remove the following line:
module purge
Select an Experiment and Update the Flags
We are using GCC version 10.x for this build, so a slight modification needs to made to Isca for it to build. Add the following line to the experiment script (e.g. $GFDL_BASE/exp/test_cases/held_suarez/held_suarez_test_case.py), after cb is defined (so about line 13 in that file).
cb.compile_flags.extend(['-fallow-argument-mismatch', '-fallow-invalid-boz'])
Run Isca
The above commands only need to be run once to set everything up. To use it, you will first always need to run:
module restore isca
conda activate isca
Then you should be able to compile and launch your ISCA models.