Benchmarks

It is recommended to use the test cases provided on this page for getting started with AceCAST.

NCAR Standard Benchmark Test Cases

The CONUS 12km and CONUS 2.5km benchmarks provided by NCAR are widely used for evaluating the performance of WRF on various systems. For more information check out the WRF V4.4 Benchmarks Page.

CONUS 12km

This is a small benchmark inteded for running on a single GPU. It is a 12-hour simulation over the continental United States (CONUS) on a 425x300 grid at a 12km resolution.

CONUS 2.5km

This is a large benchmark inteded for running on larger numbers of GPUs. It is a 6-hour simulation over the continental United States (CONUS) on a 1501x1201 grid at a 2.5km resolution.

TQI-Provided Benchmark Test Cases

Easter 100

  • 2km horizontal resolution, 100x100x51 grid, 2 days simulation initialized with HRRR

  • Very small domain intended for quick validation testing.

  • Note that this case is only for testing and should not be used for performance benchmarking due to its small domain size.

  • Download (20 MB): easter100.tar.gz

Easter 500

  • 2km horizontal resolution, 500x500x51 grid, 2 days simulation initialized with HRRR

  • Larger domain intended for benchmarking on small numbers of GPUs (ex. 1-4 V100 GPUs)

  • Download (10 GB): easter500.tar.gz

Easter 1500

  • 1km horizontal resolution, 1500x1500x51 grid, 1 hour simulation initialized with HRRR

  • Large, high resolution domain intended for performance benchmarking on larger numbers of GPUs (ex. 8-32 V100 GPUs)

  • Download (2.5 GB): easter1500.tar.gz