Workflow and Architecture

The Climate DT workflow integrates simulation production, post-processing, and validation. All computational jobs are orchestrated automatically via Autosubmit. A Data Quality Checker (DQC) validates each output for completeness, missing data, and physical consistency prior to release. Output is available at hourly, daily mean, and monthly mean frequency, with hourly atmospheric output unprecedented for climate simulations.

For further details on the Climate DT data infrastructure and workflow, see Doblas-Reyes et al. (2025).

Schematic overview of the main Climate DT components and their relationships

Overview of the main Climate DT components and their interactions.

Application for Uncertainty Quantification and Quality Assessment (AQUA)

AQUA (Nurisso et al., 2026) is an open-source software package used to evaluate ongoing Climate DT simulations and generate standard diagnostics automatically. External users can also use AQUA independently to process and analyse Climate DT output. See the AQUA article for an introduction.