Part 15: Further Resources and Getting Help
FATES Documentation
FATES User Guide:
https://fates-users-guide.readthedocs.io/
The documentation includes:
- User Guide
- Developer Guide
- Technical Documentation
- Tutorials
FATES Discussions
GitHub Discussions:
https://github.com/NGEET/FATES/discussions
Recommended for:
- Questions
- Ideas
- Announcements
- Community support
Reporting Bugs
GitHub Issues:
https://github.com/NGEET/FATES/issues
If you encounter a bug, provide:
FATES version
CTSM version
Error messages
Relevant namelists
Reproducible example
FATES Community
Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/fates_model
The group provides:
- Announcements
- Model updates
- Community discussions
FATES Community Calls
Held approximately every two weeks.
Topics include:
- New model developments
- Scientific applications
- User questions
- Office hours
CTSM Resources
Documentation:
https://escomp.github.io/ctsm-docs/versions/master/html/index.html
Discussions:
https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM/discussions
E3SM Resources
Documentation:
https://docs.e3sm.org/E3SM/
Discussions:
https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM/discussions
CIME Resources
Documentation:
https://esmci.github.io/cime/versions/master/html/index.html
CIME controls:
Case creation
Configuration
Compilation
Submission
Workflow management
and is shared across multiple Earth System Models.
Suggested Next Steps
After completing this tutorial, useful next projects include:
- Run a longer BCI simulation.
- Compare inventory initialization with bare-ground initialization.
- Create a custom two-PFT parameter file.
- Modify trait values and explore coexistence.
- Run a simulation for a new site.
- Generate custom meteorological forcing.
- Create a regional simulation.
- Analyse FATES outputs in Python or R.
- Compare simulations against field observations.
- Build your own FATES workflow for a research question.