1. Check out ETSS1.5 from the repository: cd to your working directory svn co https://collaborate3.nws.noaa.gov/svn/etss/gfs_stormsurge/trunk/ etss1.5 2. Build and Install the ETSS1.5 codes $ cd etss1.5/sorc $ make install 3. Run the model $ cd ../ $ ./runETSS.sh YYYYMMDD XX where: YYYYMMDD is date (e.g 20140520), XX is cycle (00, 06, 12, 18) This does the following: 1. Copies input data from /com to the etss1.5/work/com test directory structure. 2. Copies production’s current answers from /pcom and /com to etss1.5/work/pcom and /com for comparsion. 3. Runs etss1.5/myEcf/jgfs_stormsurge.ecf to run the model. Example: run the model for May 20, 2014 00Z cycle: $ ./runETSS.sh 20140520 00 (Caution:You need make sure the GFS wind output data is available before you run the ETSS model. MDL found that the GFS output is delayed by between 4 to 5 hours, so we assume a 4 hours 50 minutes delay) 4. Compare the following to validate the ETSS 1.5 model runs... The ETSS1.5 model low resolution output grids (5 km CONUS and 6 km for AK) results are saved in GRIB2 format here for direct comparison with the ETSS1.0 model results: etss1.5/work/pcom/gfs/grib2.mdlsurgegrid.${cyc}${area}.gfs_stormsurge_${cyc} The operational ETSS1.0 model results are here: etss1.5/work/pcom/ans/grib2.mdlsurgegrid.${cyc}${area}.gfs_stormsurge_${cyc} The ETSS1.5 model high resolution output grids (2.5 km CONUS and 3 km for AK) results are also saved in GRIB2 format in the same folder as the low resolution output: etss1.5/work/pcom/gfs/grib2.mdlsurgegrid.2.5km.${cyc}con.gfs_stormsurge_${cyc} etss1.5/work/pcom/gfs/grib2.mdlsurgegrid.3km.${cyc}ala.gfs_stormsurge_${cyc} 5. Within the working folder (etss1.5/work/tmp/gfs_stormsurge_${cyc}.{jobid}) these files are: grib2.mdlsurgegrid.${cyc}${area} grib2.mdlsurgegrid.2.5km.${cyc}con grib2.mdlsurgegrid.3km.${cyc}ala