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Minutes from 16 June 2009

2009/06/16 CSEP Meeting

Attendees: Phil M., Jeremy Z., John Y., Masha L

  1. csep-op:
    • V9.4.2 running since Thursday, May 28, 2009:
      1. Re-processing:
        • N, L and R tests for RELM groups for 2007
          1. 2007-08-02 and 2007-10-02 test dates failed due to NFS server problems
        • Stuck cseprandom processes during re-processing:
          1. John tried many different options that don't fix the problem
          2. Masha will try to write random numbers to the file to see if it fixes the problem
          3. John suggested to write to the local disk if the problem still exists
          4. John pointed out that it might be a hardware problem
            • Have seen NFS server not responding
            • Consider buying new hardware
  2. Matt updated New Zealand testing center to V9.4.2
    • Matt reported pop up windows with plots on operational server
      1. Masha filed Trac ticket #157: fixed in SVN
    • Matt asked for ability to re-process file-based forecasts in batch mode
      1. Masha filed Trac ticket #159: to be fixed in V9.7
  3. Tasks for CSEP V9.7 release:
    • DONE Peter Shebalin's EAST three-month alarm-based model with M>=4 for California
    • DONE Yan's Global long-term and short-term models using CMT:
      1. Yan provided a fix for rate grid conversion to have XX.5 values for forecast cell centers
      2. Masha installed one-day and one-year models on csep-cert
        • added acceptance tests that include rate conversion tests
        • Masha will send email to the group to confirm the start date for one-year forecast on csep-op
    • Masha added new S and M tests for all groups that invoke N and L evaluation tests on csep-cert:
      1. M-test should not be invoked for Global, WPacific regions - forecasts have only a single magnitude bin, therefore there is no magnitude distribution
    • DONE Trac ticket #148: Introduce acceptance tests for the viewer of testing center results
      1. Masha and John are working on getting the tests as part of nightly CSEP build on csep-cert
  4. Jeremy provided a fix for N-test due to the comments by David Rhoades and Matt:
    • Will have delta1 and delta2 result variables vs. current one delta variable
    • Not necessary to have intermediate release because of the fix
    • May be a target for V9.10.0
    • Jeremy will confirm if daily N-test plot is affected by the change
    • Masha will start working on it once V9.7 release candidate is out
  5. mini_CSEP distribution
    • Jeremy suggested to poll community for requirements
      1. N, L, R, M and S tests written in Python
      2. Conversion routines between XML and Matlab for the forecasts
      3. Plots, maps
    • We should provide list of external package dependencies and links to these packages
    • Masha will start working once release candidate is out
    • May have an intermediate release when distribution is ready
  6. Jeremy gave an update on CSEP testing centers:
    • Japan
      1. A dozen of models using JMA data source
      2. Multiple testing regions
    • Iceland
      1. To be tested at ETH may be in an year
    • Italy
      1. To be tested at ETH
      2. Deadline for model submission is August 1, 2009
    • China
      1. Jeremy will participate in a meeting with Chinese EQ Administration beginning of July
  7. John is working on adding daily results to the web viewer
    • Jeremy suggested to concentrate on results representation for the next release
  8. Hardware:
    • John built new csep-cert
      1. CruiseControl is installed
      2. John will install missing 3-rd party packages CSEP is using
    • csep-devel already uses new hardware, will need to update packages
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