Posted in 2021
About data on curvilinear or rotated regional grids
- 29 November 2021
- visualization
2D Climate data can be sampled using different grid types and topologies, which might make a difference when it comes to data analysis and visualization. As the grid lines of regular or rectilinear grids are aligned with the axes of the geopgraphical lat-lon coordinate system, these model grids are relatively easy to deal with. A common, but more complex case is that of a curvilinear or a rotated (regional) grid. In this blog article we want to illuminate this case a bit; we describe how to identify a curvilinear grid, and we demonstrate how to visualize the data using the “normal” cylindric equidistant map projection.
Data can not only be stored in different file formats (e.g. netCDF, GRIB), but also in different data structures. Besides its spatial dimension (e.g. 1D, 2D, 3D), we need to have a closer look at the grid and the topology used. As the time dependency of the data is encoded as the time dimension, a variable might be called a 3D variable although the spatial grid is only 2D.
DKRZ CDP Updates Nov 21
- 25 November 2021
including the new ICON-ESM-LR model primarily published at DKRZ.
A first ensemble set of simulations from the ESM ICON-ESM-LR for the DECK experiments is available including the experiments
DKRZ CDP Updates July 21
- 02 July 2021
We proudly 🥳 announce that the CDP is extended by new sets of CMIP6 data primarily published at DKRZ. We also published new versions of corrected variables for the MPI-ESM1-2 Earth System Models.
The ensemble set of simulations from the ESM MPI-ESM1-2-HR for the dcppA-hindcast experiment is completed by another 5 realizations (8.5TB). In total, this set consists of about 10 realizations for 60 initialization years in the interval from 1960-2019 resulting in 595 realizations and 31 TB. For each realization, about 100 variables are available for a simulation time of about 10 years.
DKRZ CMIP Data Pool
- 23 June 2021
We proudly announce new publications of model simulations when we publish them at our DKRZ ESGF node. We also keep you updated about the status and the services around the CMIP Data Pool. Find extensive documentions under this link.
Webpack and Django
- 29 March 2021
I recently started to modernize the JavaScript part of a medium sized Django site we run at DKRZ to manage our projects. We have used a version of this site since 2002 and the current Django implementation was initially developed in 2011.
Back then JavaScript was in the form of small scripts embedded into the Django templates. jQuery was used abundantly. All in all, JavaScript was handled very haphazardly because we wanted to get back to working with Python as soon as possible.
Transition from Mistral to Levante for projects
- 03 March 2021
In this post we want to answer a few questions which may arise for project administrators and principal investigators at DKRZ. Some of the dates for requesting new resource allocations will be different in 2021. From 2022 on we will return to the usual schedule.
Your project will be automatically extended with the same resources as for the current allocation period. After July 1, 2021, you can continue working on Mistral as you did before.
SLURM update / Memory use
- 05 January 2021
Slurm config on Mistral has been updated to fix an issue related to memory use.
Prior the update, some Slurm jobs continue consuming the available
memory (and even swap) of the allocated node and exceed the allocated
memory (set in sbatch or srun). If this occurs, it also affect
other jobs/users.
