CIME documentation
The Common Infrastructure for Modeling the Earth (CIME - pronounced “SEAM”) provides two core features; a Case Control System (CCS) for configuring, compiling and executing Earth System Models, and a framework for system testing an Earth System Model.
Case Control System (CCS)
There are three components that make the Case Control System.
XML files that describe the models, model configuration (components, grids, input-data, etc) and machines.
Python module that provides tools for users to create cases, configure their model, build and submit jobs.
Addition stand-alone tools useful for Earth System Modeling.
Model configuration
Every model that uses CIME will need to provide it’s own configuration.
To add or update a model, review the model configuration documentation.
System Testing
CIME provides tooling to run system testing on an Earth System Model. Each test type is defined to exercise a specific behavior of the model. The tooling provides the ability to create and compare baselines as well as reporting the results of testing.
Note
CIME does not contain the source code for any Earth System Model drivers or components. It is typically included alongside the source code of a host model. However, CIME does include pointers to external repositories that contain drivers, data models and other test components. These external components can be easily assembled to facilitate end-to-end system tests of the CIME infrastructure, which are defined in the CIME repository.