User Guide of Scripps-KAUST Regional Integrated Prediction System (SKRIPS)

The Scripps-KAUST Regional Integrated Prediction System (SKRIPS) is an open-source model for coupled atmosphere-ocean simulations.

The SKRIPS model is intended to compile and run on many different Unix/Linux operating systems with little or no change. Minimally, you will need fortran compiler, MPI, netCDF libraries, and up to 20 GB of disk space for installing all these components:

• Atmosphere Solver: WRF (version 4.5.2)

• Ocean Solver: MITgcm (version c68r)

• Wave Solver: WaveWatch III (version 6.07.1)

• Driver (coupler): ESMF/NUOPC (version 8.6.0)

The SKRIPS v2.01 code is available at:

https://github.com/iurnus/scripps_kaust_model/releases/tag/v2.01

Getting Started

• How to install the model components
  • Install and test ESMF
  • Install and test MITgcm
  • Install and test WRF
  • Install and test WW3
  • Install and test coupled code
• How to run coupled simulations
  • Introduction of the tutorial cases
  • Run the simulation of Red Sea region
  • Run the simulation of California region

For developers

• Introduction of implementations
  • main function
  • parent module
  • child module: ocean
  • child module: atmosphere
  • child module: coupler
• Limitations and known issues
  • debug SKRIPS