Presentation of Martin Janousek during the ALADIN maintenance and phasing training course in Budapest on Nov 25-29, 2002.

Contents of the presentation "From individual scripts to the operational suite, its management, supervision and maintenance,monitoring" :
– Requirements on NWP operations
– the suite elements
– Model executable
– Modifications of the model code
– Model validation
– Auxilary files
– From a a simple script to a suite task
– Input files download
– Building a suite
– organization of supercomputer operations
– Universal machine or specialized boxes ?
– Work out a suite structure : AOS
– Serial or parallel suites ?
– Synchronization of tasks
– Tag synchronization suites
– SMS-based suites
– Suite cycling
– Transient files sharing
– Dissemination of products
– Suite operations
– Aladin/LACE operational suite
– Production reliability
– Suite changes
– Suite balance
– Monitoring tools, Xcdp, practices
– Operator supervision
– Hotline support