Provenance of ACCESS Models

[Aidan (Aidan Heerdegen, ACCESS-NRI Release Team Lead)]

@willrhobbs

From a science perspective, albeit only of interest to a select few, would be info on where to find the parameter values that were used for each run (even if just in the form of a setup file).

I have a note to myself about making a model parameter database, which I think ticks this box. It is only a thought bubble at the moment, but is something I am very keen on.

You have spurred me into action, and I’ve made a topic specifically for that.

Model parameter database

It occurred to me that a database of model parameters would be a very useful tool. This would be a database from which it would be possible to find out what parameters were used for any specific run of any experiment that was indexed. Some possible uses: Easily discover parameter settings used for an experiment Compare parameters across experiments Track experiment parameter changes over time Make model output default values, and include these as a special experiment Track default values ove…