Enhancements and Extensions to the ADCIRC Prediction System Operational Awareness Dashboard Health Monitor

Summary

In CRC Y4-6, RENCI developed a messaging system for ASGS that allows for a broad perspective on ASGS system being run for tropical cyclones. ASGS was instrumented with the RabbitMQ system, and a web-based dashboard was built to allow real-time awareness of the various ASGS instances being run by different operators. This system is called the ASGS Operational Awareness Dashboard Health Monitor (OAD-HM). The OAD-HM was extensively tested during the 2019 and 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane
seasons, particularly for hurricane Dorian. Particularly during Hurricanes Dorian (2019) and Laura, Sally, and Isaias (2020), at least 6 ASGS instances were running concurrently at different HPC sites, and with different ADCIRC grids (depending on end-user needs). Feedback from ASGS operators during and after the storm periods was positive in terms of the overall usefulness. It was easy to see what/where ASGS instances were running, and the basic state/progress of the main simulation components.

In Y6, we added a message type that transmits runtime details of the ASGS and ADCIRC configuration. This information is now displayed in the OAD-HM under the Run Properties tab. In Y7, we will use this new message type to display more information about ASGS instances, including basic visualizations of the main ADCIRC variables.

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