1. CTSM1 User’s Guide

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• 1.1. Overview
  • 1.1.1. Introduction
  • 1.1.2. What is New with CTSM1
  • 1.1.3. Overview of User’s Guide
  • 1.1.4. README file describing CTSM1
  • 1.1.5. Best Practices
  • 1.1.6. A CTSM versus a CESM checkout
  • 1.1.7. How To Use This Document
  • 1.1.8. Quickstart
  • 1.1.9. Scientific Validation
  • 1.1.10. Getting Help
• 1.2. Setting Up and Running a Case
  • 1.2.1. Choosing a compset
  • 1.2.2. Customizing CLM’s Configuration
  • 1.2.3. Customizing CLM’s namelist
  • 1.2.4. Customizing the DATM namelist
  • 1.2.5. CTSM History Fields (nofates)
  • 1.2.6. CTSM History Fields (fates)
• 1.3. Using CLM tools
  • 1.3.1. What are the CLM tools
  • 1.3.2. Building the CLM tools
  • 1.3.3. Building the CLM tools that use the CIME configure/build system
  • 1.3.4. Installing the CTSM Python environment
  • 1.3.5. Creating input for surface dataset generation
  • 1.3.6. Creating Surface Datasets
  • 1.3.7. Creating CLM domain files
  • 1.3.8. Observational Sites Datasets
  • 1.3.9. Comparing History Files
• 1.4. Adding New Resolutions
  • 1.4.1. Adding New Resolutions
  • 1.4.2. Adding Resolution Names
  • 1.4.3. Changing Default Filenames
• 1.5. Running Special Cases
  • 1.5.1. What is a special case?
  • 1.5.2. Running the prognostic crop model
  • 1.5.3. Running with irrigation
  • 1.5.4. Running with custom crop calendars
  • 1.5.5. Running with tillage
  • 1.5.6. Spinning up the Satellite Phenology Model
  • 1.5.7. Spinup of CTSM1-BGC-Crop
  • 1.5.8. Running with excess ground ice
  • 1.5.9. Running with MOAR data
  • 1.5.10. Running with atmospheric forcing from a previous simulation
  • 1.5.11. Running with anomaly forcing
• 1.6. Running Single Point and Regional Cases
  • 1.6.1. Single and Regional Grid Configurations
  • 1.6.2. Running a single point using global data
  • 1.6.3. Running Single Point Configurations
  • 1.6.4. Running a single point using global data - PTS_MODE
• 1.7. Troubleshooting
  • 1.7.1. Troubleshooting
• 1.8. Testing
  • 1.8.1. Testing
• 1.9. Using mesh_maker
  • 1.9.1. Creating an ESMF mesh file from a netCDF file
• 1.10. Working with CTSM Documentation
  • 1.10.1. Introduction to working with the CTSM documentation
  • 1.10.2. Building multiple versions of the documentation
  • 1.10.3. Caveats for working with Markdown
  • 1.10.4. ⚠️ Original docs documentation from the GitHub Wiki

Documentation was built: May 09, 2025