SHiELD Test Cases: Hurricane Laura Simulations and Scalability Tests

Three test cases for a manuscript on the containerization of the SHiELD weather model. The data includes two Hurricane Laura simulations (regional and global-nest runs) and one scalability test case. Each case includes model configurations, climatology data from NOAA EMC, and initial/boundary conditions created from U.S. operational GFS analysis.

Use Cases

• Validate containerized weather model performance based on Hurricane Laura simulation data
• Test computational scalability of atmospheric models based on the provided scalability test case
• Compare regional versus global-nest modeling approaches using the two Laura simulation configurations
• Benchmark model output against operational GFS analysis data used for initial conditions

Strengths

• Includes data from authoritative sources: climatology data provided by NOAA's Environmental Modeling Center
• Initial and boundary conditions are derived from the operational U.S. Global Forecast System (GFS) analysis
• Covers multiple modeling scenarios: two hurricane simulations and a scalability test

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) and U.S. operational Global Forecast System (GFS) analysis

Collection Method

Climatology data provided by NOAA EMC; initial/boundary conditions created from GFS analysis using UFS_UTILS

Geography

Likely focuses on regions relevant to Hurricane Laura and global scalability tests