CCPP Framework Meeting Minutes 2020 12 15

Agenda

• capgen.py progress
• Advective species feature
• Transition to capgen.py
• Other business

capgen.py progress

• Need plan yet how to handle optional arguments (Dom to reach out to developers - EMC, GSL, Robert & Dustin, Phil, NRL)
• DTC needs to develop a mechanism to avoid using the field_table - use an internal field table approach, similar to the internal input file? --> Dom to create issue in UFS

Advective species feature

• continue discussion from last week
• In-progress design document

Transition to capgen.py

• Updated DTC timeline and resource chart (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XbSF1ejYcPMrVtZtk1OSiMX-vI5srLkwEUhyAirGr8k/edit?usp=sharing)
• Things that need to happen for transitioning UFS to capgen.py (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M3mCO3ESR9OJqLyUbQf-ahJtmfmGKilZlWaBTxsfMRk/edit?usp=sharing)
• Dom is making good progress on the timestep_init and timestep_final implementation
  • PRs will be ready for first review soon
• GFS v16 reference tag created in ufs-weather-model develop code on 12/14/2020 --> time to remove IPD
• Transition at the end of February

Other business

• Update on CCPP/NUOPC interoperability?
• Random number generators
  • CCPP should provide a number generator if not provided by something else
• next meeting on Dec 29!