ece4-exp 1.3.2

EC-Earth4 experiment configuration tool with YAML overlay system

ece4-exp

Generate EC-Earth4 experiment configs in 30 seconds.

pip install ece4-exp
ece4-exp setup                 # First-time setup
ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 a001  # 10 nodes

Quick Start

# 1. Install
pip install ece4-exp

# 2. Setup (also enables TAB completion)
ece4-exp setup
# Restart your shell

# 3. Generate experiment
ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 a001  # 10 nodes = 1120 cores on MareNostrum5

That's it! You have a001_experiment.yml ready to use with EC-Earth4.

Common Recipes

Recipe	Description	Typical Nodes (MN5)
gcm-sr	Coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM	10 nodes (1120 cores)
omip-sr	Ocean-only forced by reanalysis	2 nodes (224 cores)
amip-sr	Atmosphere-only prescribed SST	8 nodes (896 cores)
ccycle-sr	Carbon cycle coupled	10+ nodes

Commands

# Setup
ece4-exp setup                      # Configure platform, account, and HPC host

# Generate (specify nodes, not processors)
ece4-exp generate RECIPE NODES EXPID
ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 a001      # 10 nodes
ece4-exp generate omip-sr 2 o001 --walltime 72

# Discovery
ece4-exp list                       # Show available recipes
ece4-exp inspect gcm-sr             # View recipe details

# Deploy to HPC
ece4-exp deploy a001                # rsync config to HPC runtime directory

# Advanced
ece4-exp save --expid a001          # Save modifications as new recipe

Customization

Override defaults:

ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 a001 --platform ecmwf-hpc2020 --account myproj

Custom recipes:

# Generate, edit, save as recipe
ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 test
vim test_experiment.yml              # Make changes
ece4-exp save --expid test --recipe gcm-sr
# If you moved the file: --config /path/to/test_experiment.yml

# Reuse your recipe
ece4-exp generate test 10 a002

Custom platforms:

cp $(python3 -c "from ece4_exp import paths; print(paths.PLATFORMS_DIR)")/bsc-marenostrum5.yml \\
   ~/.config/ece4-exp/platforms/my-hpc.yml
vim ~/.config/ece4-exp/platforms/my-hpc.yml  # Adjust settings
ece4-exp generate gcm-sr 10 a001 --platform my-hpc

What It Does

ece4-exp creates EC-Earth4 experiment configuration files by combining:

1. Base config (from EC-Earth4 repo)
2. Platform settings (HPC-specific paths, modules)
3. Recipe (experiment type: GCM, OMIP, AMIP, etc.)
4. Your defaults (~/.config/ece4-exp/defaults.yml)
5. CLI overrides (command-line flags)

The result is a validated YAML file you deploy to the HPC and pass to EC-Earth4's runtime:

ece4-exp deploy a001   # rsync to HPC scratch/ecearth4/scripts/runtime/

# then on the HPC:
cd $scratch/ecearth4/scripts/runtime
se user.yml platform.yml a001_experiment.yml scriptlib/main.yml

Documentation

• Full guide: https://ece4-exp.readthedocs.io
• Help: ece4-exp --help or ece4-exp generate --help

Tab Completion

Add one line to your shell config file (shown by ece4-exp setup):

bash — add to ~/.bashrc:

eval "$(register-python-argcomplete ece4-exp)"

zsh — add to ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(register-python-argcomplete ece4-exp)"

Then restart your shell or run source ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc).

After that:

• ece4-exp ge<TAB> → ece4-exp generate
• ece4-exp generate gcm<TAB> → completes recipe names

Support

• Issues: https://github.com/vlap/ece4-exp/issues
• Contact: [e-mail]
• License: MIT