User guide

For modelers preparing an ISMIP7 submission: how to run the checker, what it looks at, what its findings mean, and what the data request asks for. If you have not installed it yet, start with Getting started.

Contents

• Installation
  • From conda-forge
  • Updating
  • From source
• Running the checker
  • Options
  • The source path
  • The variable list
  • The log
  • Exit status
• What the checker checks
  • 1. Naming
  • 2. Numerical
  • 3. Spatial
  • 4. Time
  • 5. Consistency
  • 6. Attributes
  • How far a file gets
  • Where the criteria come from
• Errors and warnings
  • Variables your model does not represent
  • Missing values and masks
  • Checks that compare files
  • Value ranges
• Time encoding
  • Snapshot variables (x,y,z,t, such as litemp)
  • Lookup tables
• The data request
  • Variables
  • Value ranges
  • Missing values
  • Experiments