Announcing the Spring 2024 Virtual MPAS-A Tutorial (22-24 April 2024)

[Michael Duda]

Dear MPAS-A Community:

The Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Laboratory of the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) will host a virtual tutorial on the Model for Prediction Across Scales – Atmosphere (MPAS-A) from 22 – 24 April 2024. The tutorial will cover the basics of how to set-up, run, and post-process stand-alone MPAS-A simulations.

Specific topic will include:

• Uniform and variable-resolution horizontal mesh configuration
• Global and regional configuration
• Real-data and idealized case initialization
• MPAS-A dynamical solver and numerical methods
• MPAS-A physics
• Software framework and MPAS infrastructure
• Post-processing tools

The tutorial will consist of interactive lectures, questions and answer sessions, and practical exercises where participants will gain experience compiling, configuring, and running the MPAS-Atmosphere model.

The primary audience for this tutorial is new or beginning users of MPAS-Atmosphere. Basic knowledge of atmospheric science and numerical modeling as well as experience working in a Unix computing environment are required for the tutorial.

Key dates:

• Application form opens: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
• Last day to apply: Wednesday, 3 April 2024

Participation fees:

• Full-time U.S. university students: $50
• All others: $100

Although this will be a virtual tutorial, space is limited.

For updated information and a link to the application form (available on 13 March), please visit https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/tutorial/2024/spring-2024-133155 .

With kind regards,
The MPAS-Atmosphere Developers