Community Terrestrial Systems Model (CTSM) Tutorial 2019
8:00 am – 5:00 pm MST
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is offering a week-long tutorial on the Community Terrestrial Systems Model (CTSM) hosted by the CGD laboratory on 4-8 February 2019. CTSM is a unified land model for climate, weather, hydrology, and ecology. The Community Land Model (CLM5) is an instantiation of CTSM. Configurations for Numerical Weather Prediction, hydrology, and ecology (CLM-FATES) research applications are in development and are likely to be available by the tutorial. This tutorial will use a combination of lectures and practical sessions to provide an introduction to the CTSM, including new features such as FATES, representative hillslopes, and anthropogenic land and water management practices.
Learning objectives include:
- Understanding ecological, biogeochemical, biogeophysical, and hydrologic theory underpinning the CTSM
- Running and modifying components of the CTSM
- Analyzing CTSM output
The tutorial will be taught primarily by the staff of the Terrestrial Sciences Section at NCAR and is intended for graduate students and postdocs in ecology, hydrology, environmental sciences, climate or related fields.
The application deadline for the tutorial has passed.
The cut off date for registration was 09 January 2019.
Event Files
Monday, 04 February 2019
| Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| Welcome & Logistics | Dave Lawrence & Danica Lombardozzi |
| Terrestrial System Overview | Gordon Bonan |
| CLM Overview | Dave Lawrence |
| CTSM Overview & numerical methods | Martyn Clark |
| Practical Running CLM & Basic analysis | Danica Lombardozzi |
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
| Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| Fluxes in Plant Canopies | Gordon Bonan |
| Hydraulic Conductance | Daniel Kennedy |
| Hydrology | Sean Swenson |
| Snow | Dave Lawrence |
| River Routing | Martyn Clark |
| Practical Postprocessing | Keith Oleson |
| Practical Land Model Benchmarking | Dave Lawrence |
| Practical Basic Modifications & Analysis | Jackie Shuman & Katie Dagon |
Wednesday, 06 February 2019
| Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| BGC in models & Veg C dynamics | Danica Lombardozzi |
| Veg N Dynamics | Will Wieder |
| Soil biogeochemisty | Will Wieder |
| Fire | Fang Li |
| Hillslope hydrology | Sean Swenson |
| Practical Tracking bugs & coding best practices | Bill Sacks |
Thursday, 07 February 2019
| Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| Land use land cover | Peter Lawrence |
| Crop Model | Danica Lombardozzi |
| Urban Model | Keith Oleson |
| Data assimilation | Andy Fox |
| Parameter Estimation | Katie Dagon |
| Simulation flux towers with CLM | Sean Burns |
| Practical Porting CLM to other machines | Jim Edwards |
| Practical Single Point | Will Wieder |
Friday, 08 February 2019
| Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
| The Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) tutorial | Charlie Koven, Ryan Knox, Joackie Shuman, Rosie Fisher, and others |
| Practical Running Fates | Will Wieder |