NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) Hierarchical Testing Framework (HTF)

Description

The "Unified Forecast System" (UFS) is a community-based, coupled, comprehensive Earth Modeling System. The Hierarchical Testing Framework (HTF) serves as a comprehensive toolkit designed to enhance the testing capabilities within UFS "repositories". It aims to standardize and simplify the testing process across various "UFS Weather Model" (WM) components and associated modules, aligning with the Hierarchical System Development (HSD) approach and NOAA baseline operational metrics.

The HTF provides a structured methodology for test case design and execution, which enhances code management practices, fosters user accessibility, and promotes adherence to established testing protocols. It enables developers to conduct testing efficiently and consistently, ensuring code integrity and reliability through the use of established technologies such as CMake and CTest. When integrated with containerization techniques, the HTF facilitates portability of test cases and promotes reproducibility across different computing environments. This approach reduces the computational overhead and enhances collaboration within the UFS community by providing a unified testing framework.

Acknowledgment - The Unified Forecast System (UFS) atmosphere-ocean coupled model experimental version # data used in this study are made available through the UFS Research to Operations (UFS-R2O) project sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI) Modeling Program Division and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Weather Program Office (WPO).

Update Frequency

The UFS HTF is in its prototype phase and will be updated as new case studies are added.

License

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Documentation

https://epic-ufs-htf.readthedocs.io/en/develop/

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Contact

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How to Cite

NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) Hierarchical Testing Framework (HTF) was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-ufs-htf-pds.