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Transferring your Cheyenne Core-hours to Derecho

August 7, 2023

Projects with Cheyenne allocations can now make requests to transfer core-hours to the Derecho system via the ARC portal. The Derecho system will be opening to all users on August 9. To make a transfer request, log into ARC, and select Allocations from the navigation menu. Under “My Allocations,” find the project with the Cheyenne core-hours you want to transfer. Click on the “Actions” button ...

No system downtimes for week of 7 - 11

August 7, 2023

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

NHUG/Analysis Workflows Special Interest Group Meeting TODAY: Using Conda to Manage Analysis Environments

August 7, 2023

Brian Vanderwende will be presenting a tutorial on Using conda to access and manage analysis environments at the Earth System Data Science (ESDS) Forum today, Monday August 7, at 2pm MDT. The tutorial will focus on conda usage and related topics on the NCAR HPC systems. This will be an Analysis Workflow Special Interest Group (AWSIG) event with additional announcements from the CISL Consulti...

Abstracts sought for AMS 2024 session on FAIR and Open Data and Software

August 4, 2023

Abstracts are being sought for the NCAR-led session titled, “FAIR and Open Data and Software within the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences to Support Transparent, Reusable and Efficient Research and Operations,” which is a joint session hosted by the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies at the AMS 2024 annual meeting. The deadline for abstracts is Aug. 24. Full Sess...

Cheyenne has been returned to service

August 4, 2023

This week’s Cheyenne maintenance activities are complete. The machine was returned to production status ahead of schedule at 1PM Thursday, August 3. Notably, repairs to the InfiniBand high-speed network were performed as well as cooling system maintenance. CISL engineers have verified functionality, with particular emphasis on large jobs that were disproportionately impacted by the previous ...

Registration open for November Correctness and Reproducibility Workshop

August 2, 2023

Registration is now open for the Workshop on Correctness and Reproducibility for Climate and Weather Software. This workshop will take place November 9-10, 2023 at NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, and virtually. Please register by October 20 for in-person registration ($50), or by November 3 for virtual registration ($25).