FAQ: Scalable Modeling System (SMS)
A: SMS simplifies the task required to port and run NWS models on MPP's while offering good scalable performance. Portability is enhanced because code running under SMS can be moved and run without code change to a variety of shared and distributed memory systems. In addition, a single source can be maintained for both serial and parallel execution which simplifies code management and development. This software has been used successfully since 1993 to parallelize and run a number of NWP models, some of which are running operationally to produce weather forecasts.
Q: How Do you Submit jobs via smsRun
A: smsRun [N] [executable] where N is number of processors submits a batch job for you, returns immediately your output appears in the same directory default 30 minutes (wall clock) time limit in effect max N = 24 processors advanced syntax: smsRun [N] [executable] -sms- -timeout [secs]
Last Updated 22Jul08