Kick Off Decisions

Items to Discuss:

• Update on what has been so far (current architecture)
  • EUV
  • Planets
  • Classes
  • CubeSphere update
• Style stuff:
  • https://developers.google.com/style
  • https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html
  • use the cpplinter!
• Thoughts on overall architecture
  • Go over GITM outline
    • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OwP8PThDO_zgZ4WW3GmC4XGNN7UeLiJi7w3lv1LbJVU
  • States vs grid on top level?
  • We discussed having a python script as the "driver", but this seems really complicated... C/C++ seems "better".
  • Philosophy of simple vs efficient vs software engineered (learning curves?)
  • Global variables vs passing everything?
  • Iono grid vs neutral grid?
  • Operate on 3D arrays vs 1D/2D arrays vs 0D arrays?
    • Domain decomposition (2D vs 3D?)
    • Iono vs thermo?
  • Output (netCDF, HDF5, etc; lists of variables/states; terms in equations; ???)
    • Parallel output vs post processing (PP as round 0? Python code to PP)
  • Chemistry through changeable file
• How DART works normally and how we should do things differently
• Uncertainty quantification - how should we do this vs what we planned
  • Rates in input files with uncertainties (good idea? which rates?)
  • Driver uncertainties
• Resources for intro material (coding and unix and such)
• More advance resources (what would these look like?)
• Planning for a school in 2021. Probably have to start seriously thinking about this now.
• Should we collaborate with other groups?
  • NOAA (small-scale ionosphere) and MIT (rewrite entire code in Julia) teams
  • Invite other groups to give presentations?
  • Team up on school?
  • Best way to not reproduce efforts?
• Who wants to do what? Practical vs optimistic commitments.
• Timeline - practical vs optimistic.
• Github
  • Should I start committing? Should we make some sort of branch now? Is it too early?
  • Resources for learning git?
    • https://www.linkedin.com/learning/git-essential-training-the-basics/
    • http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WVuRC0VhuI&feature=youtu.be
    • https://github.com/qalshidi/programming-practices-for-scientists
  • Philosophy of branching vs main trunk vs whatever?
  • what should we do there besides code development? Everything?
  • Do we need a website with a domain and everything?
• When do we involve the larger community?
  • If so, just a CEDAR announcement? Targeted invitations?

Meeting Times:

Oct 20, 2020 10:00-12:00 EDT

Oct 20, 2020 13:00-14:30 EDT

Oct 20, 2020 15:00-17:00 EDT

Oct 21, 2020 10:00-12:00 EDT

Oct 21, 2020 13:00-14:30 EDT

Oct 21, 2020 15:00-17:00 EDT

Oct 22, 2020 10:00-12:00 EDT

Oct 22, 2020 13:00-14:30 EDT

Oct 22, 2020 15:00-17:00 EDT