| 9:15 | – | 9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30 | – | 9:45 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:45 | – | 10:05 (20 mins) | MPAS Overview (slides) |
| 10:05 | – | 10:25 (20 mins) | MPAS-A System Requirements and Installation (slides) |
| 10:25 | – | 11:15 (50 mins) | Running MPAS, part 1: Creating ICs and running a basic global simulation (slides) |
| 11:15 | – | 11:30 (15 mins) | Break |
| 11:30 | – | 11:40 (10 mins) | Introduction to the practical exercises (slides) |
| 11:40 | – | 12:30 (50 mins) | Practical session |
| 12:30 | – | 13:45 (75 mins) | Lunch |
| 13:45 | – | 14:15 (30 mins) | Running MPAS, part 2: Variable-resolution, I/O streams, restarts, and other options (slides) |
| 14:15 | – | 15:00 (45 mins) | Practical session |
| 15:00 | – | 15:15 (15 mins) | Break |
| 15:15 | – | 16:15 (60 mins) | Practical session |
| 9:15 | – | 10:05 (50 mins) | Dynamics and dynamics configuration (slides) |
| 10:05 | – | 10:50 (45 mins) | Physics and physics configuration (slides) |
| 10:50 | – | 11:05 (15 mins) | Break |
| 11:05 | – | 11:35 (30 mins) | An overview of the structure of MPAS meshes (slides) |
| 11:35 | – | 12:05 (30 mins) | Running MPAS, part 3: Preparing limited-area meshes and LBCs (slides) |
| 12:05 | – | 12:35 (30 mins) | Post-processing and visualizing MPAS-Atmosphere output (slides) |
| 12:35 | – | 13:45 (70 mins) | Lunch |
| 13:45 | – | 15:00 (75 mins) | Practical session |
| 15:00 | – | 15:15 (15 mins) | Break |
| 15:15 | – | 16:15 (60 mins) | Practical session |
| 9:15 | – | 9:40 (25 mins) | Unique aspects of MPAS code: Registry, pools, and logging (slides) |
| 9:40 | – | 10:05 (25 mins) | Adding passive tracers to MPAS-Atmosphere simulations (slides) |
| 10:05 | – | 10:30 (25 mins) | Computing new diagnostic fields in MPAS-Atmosphere simulations (slides) |
| 10:30 | – | 10:45 (15 mins) | Break |
| 10:45 | – | 11:15 (30 mins) | Debugging MPAS simulations (slides) |
| 11:15 | – | 11:55 (40 mins) | MPAS mesh generation (slides) |
| 11:55 | – | 12:20 (25 mins) | New MPAS capabilities under development, and concluding remarks (slides) |
| 12:20 | – | 13:35 (75 mins) | Lunch |
| 13:35 | – | 14:40 (65 mins) | Practical session |
| 14:40 | – | 14:55 (15 mins) | Break |
| 14:55 | – | 16:15 (80 mins) | Practical session |