6.7. View Experiment output

The output from your run will be found in the ROTDIR you established. This is also where you placed your initial conditions. Within your ROTDIR you will have the following directory structure (based on the type of experiment you run):

6.7.1. Forecast-only

gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/atmos          <- contains deterministic long forecast gfs inputs/outputs (atmosphere)
gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/wave           <- contains deterministic long forecast gfs inputs/outputs (wave)
logs/                          <- logs for each cycle in the run
vrfyarch/                      <- contains files related to verification and archival

6.7.2. Cycled

enkfgdas.YYYYMMDD/CC/mem###/atmos    <- contains EnKF inputs/outputs for each cycle and each member
gdas.YYYYMMDD/CC/atmos               <- contains deterministic gdas inputs/outputs (atmosphere)
gdas.YYYYMMDD/CC/wave                <- contains deterministic gdas inputs/outputs (wave)
gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/atmos                <- contains deterministic long forecast gfs inputs/outputs (atmosphere)
gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/wave                 <- contains deterministic long forecast gfs inputs/outputs (wave)
logs/                                <- logs for each cycle in the run
vrfyarch/                            <- contains files related to verification and archival

Here is an example ROTDIR for a cycled run as it may look several cycles in (note the archival steps remove older cycle folders as the run progresses):

-bash-4.2$ ll /scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp4/Joe.Schmo/comroot/testcyc192
total 88
drwxr-sr-x   4 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 04:50 enkfgdas.20190529
drwxr-sr-x   4 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 07:20 enkfgdas.20190530
drwxr-sr-x   6 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 03:15 gdas.20190529
drwxr-sr-x   4 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 07:15 gdas.20190530
drwxr-sr-x   6 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 03:15 gfs.20190529
drwxr-sr-x   4 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 07:15 gfs.20190530
drwxr-sr-x 120 Joe.Schmo stmp 12288 Oct 22 07:15 logs
drwxr-sr-x  13 Joe.Schmo stmp  4096 Oct 22 07:07 vrfyarch