System Testing with NorESM

The CIME Case Control System (CCS) provides a sophisticated and user friendly capability to run system regressions testing using create_test.

If you are new to system testing with create_test, we recommend you read this whole guide linearly.

• 1. Overview of CIME-CCS system testing
• 2. Anatomy of a test name
  • 2.1. Basic test name specification
  • 2.2. Meaning of the elements of a test name
• 3. Test Categories and Options
  • 3.1. Test Categories
  • 3.2. Common test options
  • 3.3. Testmods
• 4. Basic create_test usage
  • 4.1. Running a single test
  • 4.2. Options to create_test
  • 4.3. Parsing test output
  • 4.4. Finding more details on failed comparisons
  • 4.5. Running multiple tests at once
  • 4.6. Checking the results of a test suite
  • 4.7. Running a pre-defined test suite
• 5. Baseline comparisons
  • 5.1. Overview of baseline comparisons
  • 5.2. Baseline comparisons step 1: Determine if you need to generate baselines
  • 5.3. Baseline comparisons step 2: Generate baselines, if needed
  • 5.4. Baseline comparisons step 3: Compare against baselines
  • 5.5. Generating or comparing baselines after the fact
• 6. General tips