circular_shelf

The circular_shelf test group (compass.landice.tests.circular_shelf.CircularShelf) implements variants a circular_shelf test case (see circular_shelf). Here, we describe the shared framework for this test group.

framework

The shared config options for the circular_shelf test group are described in circular_shelf in the User’s Guide.

Additionally, the test group has a shared namelist.landice file with appropriate namelist options, and a streams.landice file that defines input, restart, and output streams.

SetupMesh

The class compass.landice.tests.circular_shelf.setup_mesh.SetupMesh defines a step for setting up the mesh for the test case.

The horizontal mesh is constructed at runtime (using mpas_tools.planar_hex.make_planar_hex_mesh()).

A MALI grid is created with the MPAS-Tools script create_landice_grid_from_generic_MPAS_grid.py and a graph file is created to partition the mesh before the model run.

Finally, the initial condition is defined in the private function _setup_circular_shelf_initial_conditions().

RunModel

The class compass.landice.tests.circular_shelf.run_model.RunModel defines a step for running MALI from the initial condition produced in SetupMesh.

Visualize

The compass.landice.tests.circular_shelf.visualize.Visualize step is optional in each test case and can be run manually to plot the results of the test case. It is control by the config options in the circular_shelf_viz section.

This step is not run by default by adding it with run_by_default=False:

step = Visualize(test_case=self, mesh_type=mesh_type)
self.add_step(step, run_by_default=False)

DecompositionTest

The compass.landice.tests.circular_shelf.decomposition_test.DecompositionTest performs a 200-year run once on 1 core and once on 4 cores. It ensures that normalVelocity, uReconstructX, and uReconstructY are within a small tolerance of each other between the two runs (as well as with a baseline if one is provided when calling compass setup).