tc_analysis — Tropical Cyclone Analysis

The tc_analysis task performs tropical cyclone (TC) analysis on E3SM output. It uses high-frequency atmospheric data (typically eam.h2) to detect and track TCs.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
active	No	False	Set to True to enable this task.
input_files	No	"eam.h2"	Input history file pattern. Overrides the [default] value (eam.h0).
res	No	""	Resolution string for the --res option. If not set, zppy attempts to infer it from the topography file.

Inherited common parameters most relevant to tc_analysis

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
case	Yes	(none)	The case name of the simulation.
input	Yes	(none)	The top-level directory of the simulation output.
output	Yes	(none)	Where the post-processing results go.
years	No	[""]	Year ranges to process.
input_subdir	No	"archive/atm/hist"	Subdirectory under input/case containing the data files.
environment_commands	No	""	Shell commands to activate the software environment.
walltime	No	"02:00:00"	Maximum wall time for the SLURM job.