10. Job Descriptions

Short descriptions of every job available in the workflow are listed below, along with the forecast systems they may appear in. Note that even though a job may be marked for a particular forecast system, the job may not appear in all configurations of that system (and some are mutually exclusive).

JOB NAME	PURPOSE	GFS	GEFS	SFS	GCAFS
fetch	Fetch initial conditions from HPSS	X			X
fetchatmanlbias	Fetch atmosphere observation bias from HPSS	X
stage_ic	Stage initial conditions in COM	X	X		X
gen_control_ic	Regrid high-resolution analysis to serve as control member initial conditions		X
prep_sfc	Prepare surface observations for DA	X
prep	Prepare atmosphere observations for DA	X			X
prepatmanlbias	Prepare atmosphere observation bias for DA	X
prep_emissions	Prepare emissions data as inputs for model		X	X	X
anal	Run GSI analysis for atmosphere	X
sfcanl_gcycle esfc_gcycle	Run surface analysis	X X			X
sfcanl_regrid esfc_regrid	Regrid surface analysis	X X
analcalc	Add the analysis increments to previous cycle’s forecasts to produce atmospheric analysis files. Produces surface analysis file on Gaussian grid	X			X
atmanlupp	Create grib files on Gaussian grid for atmosphere analysis	X			X
atmanlprod	Regrid atmosphere analysis grib files to lat-lon grids	X			X
analdiag ediag	Create netCDF diagnostic files containing observation values, innovation (O-F), error, quality control, as well as other analysis-related quantities (cnvstat.tar, radstat.tar, ozstat.tar files)	X X
eobs	Data selection for EnKF update	X
echgres	Regrid forecast to ensemble resolution for EnKF recentering	X
ecen	Recenter ensemble around analysis	X
eupd	Perform EnKF update	X
verfozn	Extract and validate data for the ozone monitor DA package	X
verfrad	Extract and validate data for the radiation monitor DA package	X
vminmon	Extract and validate GSI normalization diagnostic	X
fit2obs	Verify analysis against observations	X
anlstat	Produce summary performance statistics for analysis	X			X
atmanlinit atmensanlinit	Initialize JEDI-based atmosphere data assimilation	X X			X
atmanlvar	Run JEDI-based atmosphere variational assimilation	X			X
atmanlfv3inc	Calculate JEDI-based atmosphere analysis increment	X			X
atmanlfinal	Complete JEDI-based atmosphere analysis by copying results back to COM	X			X
atmensanlobs	Data selection for EnKF update using JEDI	X
atmensanlsol	Run JEDI LETKF in solver mode	X
atmensanlletkf	Run JEDI-based LETKF	X
atmensanlfv3inc	Create FV3 ensemble increments (JEDI-based)	X
atmensanlfinal	Finalize JEDI-based analysis by copying outputs to COM	X
ecen_fv3jedi	Recenter ensemble around analysis using JEDI	X
analcalc_fv3jedi	Add the JEDI-based analysis increments to previous cycle’s forecasts to produce atmospheric analysis files	X
aerosol_init	Prepares aerosol inputs	X			X
aeroanlgenb	Generate background error covariances for aerosol data assimilation	X			X
aeroanlinit	Initialize aerosol data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X			X
aeroanlvar	Run aerosol variational assimilation (JEDI-based)	X			X
aeroanlfinal	Complete aerosol analysis by copying results back to COM (JEDI-based)	X			X
snowanl esnowanl	Run snow analysis (JEDI-based)	X X
prepoceanobs	Prepare ocean observations for data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marinebmatinit	Initialize background error covariance for marine data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marinebmat	Update background error covariance for marine data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marineanlinit	Initialize marine data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marineanlletkf	Run LETKF phase of marine data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marineanlvar	Run variational phase of marine data assimilation (JEDI-based)	X
marineanlecen	Recenter ensemble around marine analysis (JEDI-based)	X
marineanlchkpt	Insert sea ice analysis into restart or creates MOM6 IAU increment	X
marineanlfinal	Complete marine analysis by copying results back to COM (JEDI-based)	X
offlineanl	Interpolate existing analysis to produce analysis increments				X
waveinit	Create wave model definition files	X	X	X
waveprep	Prepares wave inputs	X
fcst efcs	Run forecast	X X	X X	X X	X X
atmupp epos	Create grib files on Gaussian grid for atmosphere forecast	X X			X
goesupp	Create grib files on Gaussian grid for special GOES variables for FAA	X			X
atmos_prod	Regrid atmosphere forecast grib files to lat-lon grids	X	X	X	X
atmos_enstat	Calculate ensemble mean and spread for atmosphere output		X	X	X
ocean_prod	Regrid ocean forecast	X	X	X
ice_prod	Regrid ice forecast	X	X	X
wavepostsbs	Create gridded wave output from forecast	X	X	X
wave_stat	Calculate ensemble mean and spread for gridded wave output		X
wavepostpnt	Create wave forecast output and bulletins at specific points (e.g. buoys)	X		X
wave_stat_pnt	Calculate ensemble mean and spread for point wave output		X
wavepostbndpnt	Create wave forecast output at specific points in boundary waters	X		X
wavepostbndpntbll	Create bulletins for wave forecast output in boundary waters	X		X
wavegempak	Create gempak files for wave grids	X
waveawipsgridded	Create AWIPS products for gridded wave output	X
waveawipsbulls	Create AWIPS products for wave bulletins	X
postsnd	Produce forecast model soundings at select locations	X	X
fbwind	Create aviation products for Hawai’i and other Pacific locations	X
awips_20km_1p0deg awips	Regrid forecasts to 20-km and 1-deg AWIPS grids	X	X
npoess_pgrb2_0p5deg	Generate grib files with simulated NPOESS variables	X
gempak	Converts atmosphere forecast output to gempak format	X	X
gempakmeta	Create gempak meta files for atmosphere gempak files	X
gempakmetancdc	Create gempak meta files for atmosphere gempak over North America	X
gempakncdcupapgif	Generate gempak skew-T diagrams	X
gempakpgrb2spec	Generate gempak files for simulated NPOESS products	X
tracker	Run tropical cyclone tracker on forecast	X
genesis	Run tropical cyclone genesis	X
genesis_fsu	Run tropical cyclone genesis using FSU method	X
metp	Run forecast verification using MET-Plus	X			X
extractvars	Filter out less important variables to reduce archival size		X		X
arch_vrfy	Archive select files from the deterministic model and cleans up older data	X	X	X	X
arch_tars	Back up the COM data structure	X	X	X	X
globus_arch globus_earc globus	Send the tarballs generated by arch_tars to HPSS via Globus	X X	X	X	X
earc_vrfy	Archive grib files for ensemble mean verification	X
earc_tars	Archive ensemble member restarts into tarballs	X
cleanup	Remove data from COM that is no longer needed	X	X	X	X