A User's Guide to MESOUSER
Mesouser is a computer account we use to receive and answer users'
emails regarding any questions on the use of the modeling system
programs. It is an account on NCAR's computer and on NCAR anonymous
ftp, where the modeling system program tar files, terrestrial
input data and some job decks are archived for users to access.
The directory structure looks like this on the NCAR IBM:
~mesouser/MM5V3
~mesouser/MM5V3/Util
/mesouser/MM5V3
/mesouser/MM5V3/Util
/mesouser/MM5V3/TESTDATA : input dataset for SOC case
/mesouser/MM5V3/TERRAIN_DATA : input data for TERRAIN program
2. Accessing MESOUSER Account
To access the mesouser account on the NCAR's computers, you must
have an account.
You can browse through any of the files on the mesouser account
by entering the command "ls -l ~mesouser", and
copy those needed to your own directory for editing.
To access the NCAR's anonymous ftp account, you need to execute
the following command:
The login name is anonymous and the password is your full e-mail
address. After you obtain the ftp> prompt, cd to mesouser.
You can browse through any of the files on the mesouser account
by entering the command "ls -l", and ftp those needed
to your own machine for editing.
The file README in the mesouser main directory contains detailed
information of all the files residing in the ftp mesouser account.
3. Obtaining Documentation
Most MM5 related documentation can be found online by following
the "Documents" and "Publications" buttons
from the top navigational bar. Or look at our short Recommended
Reading list of documents.
4. Subscribing to MESOUSER Mailing lists
MESOUSER maintains two mailing lists:
Announcements of bug fixes to the modeling system, new developments,
and notices of upcoming tutorial and workshop are sent to this
group. It is highly recommended to subscribe to this list.
2. mm5-users
This list is used by the MM5 Users community in MM5 related discussions.
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