Climate Modeling

Climate Modeling

Weather prediction and climate simulation tools

Overview

Domain Pack: climate-modeling Version: 1.0.0 Categories: physical-sciences Maintainers: AWS Research Wizard Team

Quick Start

# Deploy this domain pack
aws-research-wizard deploy --domain climate-modeling --size medium

# Get detailed information
aws-research-wizard config info climate-modeling

# List available workflows
aws-research-wizard workflow list --domain climate-modeling

Software Stack

Core Packages

  • wrf: wrf@4.5.1 %gcc@11.4.0 +mpi+openmp
  • cesm: cesm@2.1.3 %gcc@11.4.0 +mpi
  • netcdf-c: netcdf-c@4.9.2 %gcc@11.4.0 +mpi+parallel-netcdf
  • netcdf-fortran: netcdf-fortran@4.6.0 %gcc@11.4.0
  • hdf5: hdf5@1.14.1 %gcc@11.4.0 +mpi+fortran
  • nco: nco@5.1.5 %gcc@11.4.0 +netcdf
  • cdo: cdo@2.2.0 %gcc@11.4.0 +netcdf+hdf5
  • grib-api: grib-api@1.28.0 %gcc@11.4.0
  • eccodes: eccodes@2.30.2 %gcc@11.4.0
  • openmpi: openmpi@4.1.5 %gcc@11.4.0 +pmi+slurm

And 1 more packages…

Optimization Settings

  • Compiler: gcc@11.4.0
  • Target Architecture: x86_64_v3
  • Optimization Flags: -O3 -march=native -ffast-math

AWS Infrastructure

Instance Types

  • Small: c6i.4xlarge
  • Medium: c6i.12xlarge
  • Large: c6a.48xlarge

Storage Configuration

  • Type: gp3
  • Size: 2000 GB
  • IOPS: 16000
  • Throughput: 1000 MB/s

Research Workflows

This domain pack includes 2 pre-configured research workflows:

Weather Forecast

Regional weather forecasting with WRF

# Run this workflow
aws-research-wizard workflow run weather_forecast --domain climate-modeling
  • Input Data: s3://aws-research-data/weather/gfs/
  • Expected Output: Weather forecast grids in NetCDF format

Climate Simulation

Long-term climate modeling with CESM

# Run this workflow
aws-research-wizard workflow run climate_simulation --domain climate-modeling
  • Input Data: s3://aws-research-data/climate/forcing/
  • Expected Output: Climate model outputs and analysis

Cost Estimates

Workload Size Estimated Daily Cost
Small $15-45/day
Medium $50-150/day
Large $70-250/day

!!! note “Cost Optimization” These estimates assume on-demand pricing. Significant savings are possible with:

- **Spot Instances**: 70-90% savings for fault-tolerant workloads
- **Reserved Instances**: 30-60% savings for predictable usage
- **Savings Plans**: 20-72% savings with flexible commitment

Example Configuration

# climate-modeling-research-config.yaml
domain: climate-modeling
size: medium
aws:
  region: us-east-1
  availability_zone: us-east-1a
compute:
  instance_type: c6i.12xlarge
  instance_count: 1
storage:
  type: gp3
  size_gb: 2000

Getting Help

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