.. _HPCBIOS_2012-97: HPCBIOS_2012-97: Climate Science Productivity Environment ========================================================= .. note:: Climate Science productivity environment includes a set of tools which are needed for scientific computing and visualization in the respective domain. The following is an attempt to define which ones may be relevant for HPCBIOS sites. * BC Policy: HPCBIOS_2012-97 * Date of Policy: 2012-12-15 The main objective of this policy is to provide the following common productivity environment across any HPCBIOS resources that need it: +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Name | Prefered version | Compliance level | Reference | +==============+====================+====================+=============================================================+ | **Ferret** | v6.10 / v6.72 | MUST | http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **NCL** | v6.0.0-nodap | MUST | http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **WRF** | v3.3 or later | MUST | http://www.wrf-model.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **UDUNITS** | 2.1.24 | MUST | http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **NCO** | v4.0.0 or later | MUST | http://www.nco.sourceforge.net/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **ncview** | v1.93g or later | MUST | http://www.nersc.gov/users/software/vis-analytics/ncview/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | GrADS | v1.9b4 / v2.0.1 | SHOULD | http://www.iges.org/grads/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | OpenGrADS | v0.1.9.4 | SHOULD | http://www.opengrads.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | nctools/ANTS | v1.1 ? | MAY | http://science.arm.gov/~cflynn/ANTS/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | OpenDX | v4.3.2 | SHOULD | http://www.opendx.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **ParaView** | v3.8.0 or later | MUST | http://www.paraview.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **CDO** | v1.6.0 | MUST | https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **gnuplot** | v4.4.4 | MUST | http://www.gnuplot.info/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **VTK** | v5.4.2 or later | MUST | http://www.vtk.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ |**R-language**| v2.14.1 or later | MUST | http://www.r-project.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Python** | v2.x AND v3.x | MUST | http://www.python.org/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **h4toh5** | v2.2.0 | MUST | http://www.hdfgroup.org/h4toh5/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **OpenFOAM** | v2.0.1 or v2.1.1 | MUST | http://www.openfoam.com/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | IDL | 8.0 or later | SHOULD | http://www.exelisvis.com/ProductsServices/IDL.aspx | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | **MATLAB** | v2012a or later | SHOULD | http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/ | +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ This productivity environment will be supplemented with other related productivity tools as they become available on allocated systems. There is also an effort to support for the Climate community the following data formats: +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Name | Prefered version(s) | Compliance level | References | +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | **NetCDF** | v3.6.3, v4.0, v4.1 | MUST | http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf | +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | **HDF5** | v1.8.2 & v1.8.8 | MUST | http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ | +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | **HDF4** | v4.2.6 | MUST | http://www.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/ | +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | **Grib** | v1 & v2 | MUST | http://www.grib.us/ | +------------+----------------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ .. note:: Please notify is this policy is incomplete both your local technical representative & user-support instead of the respective HPC site.