Correctness of output datasets

[mpv@ngs_ru]

If I have some output datasets produced by CAM (using T42 for example)how can verify I get correct results?

 

[jmccaa]

If you are running the standard model, you should get a climate that looks like the control simulation. Climatology files for the control simulations can be found here:
http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/atm-cam/sims/cam3.0/

To produce comparable climatological files from your own simulation, you'll need to run Mark Stevens analysis package. You can learn more about that here:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/mstevens/diagnostics/

Please note that you will not get exactly the same results due to differences among hardware and compiler versions.

 

[eaton]

Doing a full climate simulation to compare against the controls is
ultimately necessary. But a good strategy for port validation includes
running a perturbation growth test first, as this test requires minimal
computational expense, and will reliably indicate when there is a problem
with the port which needs to be fixed before running a considerably more
expensive climate simulation. The procedure for doing perturbation growth
tests has been documented at

http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/atm-cam/port/