# Does anyone have an idealised UM suite on gadi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Atmosphere\ **Tags:** unified-model\ **Created:** [11 May 2026 04:17 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396 "2026-05-11T04:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2026 04:17 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/1 "2026-05-11T04:17:41Z")
I’m trying to get an idealised Unified Model suite running on gadi. I _think_ the least painful way to do this is to port a Met Office idealised (doubly periodic boundaries) UM suite to gadi, rather than attempt to convert a rAM3 / AM3 into the idealised model. But this is a UM 13.7 Cylc 8 suite configured to run on the Met Office supercomputer. Its site file is vastly different from both a rAM3 gadi site file and a GC5 gadi site file, so it is a nontrivial undertaking. Before I get too deep, does anyone in the community have a version of the idealised UM that is configured to run on gadi, even if it’s a very old suite? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Barnes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/michael_barnes/32/247_2.png) [@Michael\_Barnes](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Michael_Barnes)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2026 00:36 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/2 "2026-05-15T00:36:02Z")
If this is a different request to any extent, if anyone has access to the aquaplanet UM configuration on gadi, we would be extremely interested in obtaining that. ---
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2026 01:45 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/3 "2026-05-15T01:45:34Z")
That is a completely different request but also sounds good to me 🙂 Maybe post a new topic so that ‘aquaplanet’ comes up in the title for people. ---
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2026 07:43 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/4 "2026-05-15T07:43:30Z")
@Michael_Barnes I couldn’t find anything in a rosie gui search for “nci gadi aquaplanet”, “nci aquaplanet” or “gadi aquaplanet”, so I’m not terribly hopeful on that front. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Barnes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/michael_barnes/32/247_2.png) [@Michael\_Barnes](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Michael_Barnes)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2026 21:44 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/5 "2026-05-15T21:44:31Z")
Fair enough! It was extremely wishful thinking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [17 May 2026 02:59 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/6 "2026-05-17T02:59:51Z")
@Michael_Barnes I’m currently attempting to port a Met Office idealised suite to run on gadi. This is software engineering not science, and well beyond my knowledge, experience, expertise and comfort level 😆 _If_ I succeed (see previous statement) then I might be able to try porting an aquaplanet suite. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Barnes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/michael_barnes/32/247_2.png) [@Michael\_Barnes](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Michael_Barnes)\ **Post date:** [17 May 2026 10:14 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/7 "2026-05-17T10:14:30Z")
BRAVE!!! Definitely would be keen to learn from you if you succeed! ---
**Author:** ![Scott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/scott/32/37_2.png) [@Scott](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Scott)\ **Post date:** [17 May 2026 22:47 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/8 "2026-05-17T22:47:26Z")
We ran aquaplanets with um7.3 way back in the day - just need to set up ancillaries so there’s at least one land point for it to work, we put them on the poles. [https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/33/4/jcli-d-19-0079.1.xml](https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/33/4/jcli-d-19-0079.1.xml). That would be pre-cylc but the same idea would work with a GA run. For idealised stuff we’ve not really done them in australia to my knowledge, just single column experiments. UKMO did have things like a hill on a flat plane. [https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/doc/um/latest/papers/umdp\_036.pdf](https://code.metoffice.gov.uk/doc/um/latest/papers/umdp_036.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [17 May 2026 23:52 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/9 "2026-05-17T23:52:50Z")
Thanks Scott. I thought that might be the case with the idealised stuff (I’ve run the SCM at the Bureau so I know there is a gadi port of that). I have a UKMO idealised suite (periodic BCs in East-West), just have to get it configured on gadi… @Paul.Gregory – see aquaplanet and land point discussion! ---
**Author:** ![bethanwhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/bethanwhite/32/3080_2.png) [@bethanwhite](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/bethanwhite)\ **Post date:** [18 May 2026 00:14 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/10 "2026-05-18T00:14:57Z")
@Scott on the aquaplanet question, do you still have that GA6 suite and its aquaplanet ancil suite? ---
**Author:** ![Scott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.access-hive.org.au/scott/32/37_2.png) [@Scott](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Scott)\ **Post date:** [18 May 2026 00:17 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/does-anyone-have-an-idealised-um-suite-on-gadi/6396/11 "2026-05-18T00:17:19Z")
I do not sorry