Air quality modeling with CMAQ & WRF-CMAQ on AWS provides a complete package to launch and manage CMAQ on AWS. CMAQ is the premier numerical tool for modeling Air quality developed by the U.S. EPA. Its capabilities include modeling from local to hemispheric scales, and its coupling with WRF to produce a simultaneous forecast of air quality and weather.
The AMI includes an integration of CMAQ and WRF-CMAQ with several tools for data processing and cluster performance & cost monitoring. It has dual functionality as it can be used either on single instances or by clusters launched with AWS ParallelCluster. For the latter case, the AMI includes several tools to monitor cluster performance & cost. The AMI also works with spot prices (usual conditions apply) for instances and cluster compute nodes, so substantial savings are available.
The package includes the following features:
-Implementation of CMAQ v5.3.3 optimized for instances and clusters powered by Intel Ice Lake processors, which provide excellent performance for HPC apps
-Implementation of the two-way model: WRF v4.3 & CMAQ v5.3.3
-Availability of NICE-DCV connection for high-performance remote display
-Postprocessing tools include VERDI and IDV
-Tools for monitoring cluster performance & cost via Grafana dashboards