Graduate Student Test - UFS Short-Range Weather App
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This form allows you to register for and record your experience taking the UFS Short-Range Weather (SRW) App Graduate Student Test (GST). The questions below will collect information about you and your feedback on getting, running, and modifying configuration files associated with the Unified Forecast System (UFS: https://ufscommunity.org/).

As you may have already guessed, you don't have to be a graduate student to participate. We welcome feedback from forecasters, weather industry professionals, students at the undergraduate or even high-school level. In other words, anyone interested in running the UFS code and in becoming a member of our growing community.

Here is a link to a description of the SRW App GST and instructions to run it:

https://ufscommunity.org/science/gst-srwapp-v1-0-0

The test page will point you to the documentation and code that you need to get started.

Please check the SRW forum if you run into technical issues. It provides solutions to many common issues. If not, open a new topic. Access the forum at:

https://forums.ufscommunity.org/forum/short-range-weatherconvection-allowing-application.

The test should take less than 6 hours to complete. If you can't complete the test in the specified timeframe, that's okay! Just let us know where you got stuck or how long it took you to complete so we can update our expectations. If you have technical questions, please use the forum linked on the wiki pages - look for the green button.

Once you finish the test, please fill out the questionnaire below with your evaluation.

There are a few prerequisites for this activity and evaluation. If you don't have them, please contact us at:

gst@ufscommunity.org.

It may be that we can help you satisfy the prerequisites or that a different UFS coding activity is a better fit.

Prerequisites:
1. Experience or coursework related to basic computational Earth system modeling.
2. Some knowledge of running code on high-performance computing platforms: submitting jobs through batch systems, working on a command shell, and looking at results using a visualization package (e.g. NCL).
3. An HPC-capable system. Preferably an account on pre-configured systems like Cheyenne, Stampede2, or Hera will help. But you can also try the test on other platforms — we've had participants complete previous tests in MacBooks and even game consoles!
4. You do not need to have a GitHub account to run this test, but it's a good thing to have. You can get one at github.com.

Thank you for agreeing to participate and becoming a contributor to the UFS!
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1. Information about respondent
Please tell us a little about you
Which category below best describes you? *
What is your area of study? *
Are you employed? *
If yes, where are you employed?
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Do you use numerical models as part of your educational program or job?
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Have you run any of the following environmental models? Please check all that apply.
Are you currently involved in the UFS project?
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Have you participated in a UFS graduate student test before?
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Which computer will you use to perform this test?
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2. Feedback on the test
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I needed additional documentation in order to get started.
I found it easy to understand the configuration being modeled.
I found the code easy to get.
I was able to run the code without any trouble.
I found the configuration easy to modify.
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3. Free response questions
Did the documentation provide sufficient information for you to understand the nature of the code you were asked to run and how it will be used? If not, what was missing?
Were you able to complete the test in 6 hours? If not, how long did it take?
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What could be done to improve the user experience getting, running and changing this code?
Could you use this code in your work? If so, how?
What are the highest priority additions you would make to the code to make it more useful to you?
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
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