Welcome to the wiki for MONSooN and Unified Model collaborators

Introduction to the "Collaboration Wiki"

This wiki provides a space for all users of the Unified Model (UM) to share information and to participate in joint development. The wiki supports the wide range of collaborative UM projects in which the Met Office is involved with many other organisations around the world. Wiki pages can be edited at any time by any registered user and can be used to have discussions, upload documents and images, keep a record of useful notes and describe current project or developmental work.

The main users of the wiki are:

• members of Met Office staff and researchers at UK academic institutions who are involved in projects of the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP) and making use of MONSooN (the Met Office and NERC Supercomputing Node). This shared resource is available for use by collaborative projects approved jointly by the Met Office and NERC and will facilitate a more rapid pull-through of environmental science.

• Researchers at UK academic institutions and Met Office staff involved in other collaborations, not using MONSooN, but needing a space to share information.

• meteorological organisations around the world who are licensed to use the UM operationally and Met Office staff who help to support these services.

General information on the research undertaken by the Met Office and collaborating organisations can be found on the research pages of the Met Office website.

Organisation of the wiki

The wiki is split into three main areas for content. These areas can be accessed by following the links on the side bar or those below:

• Support web - this area provides practical and developmental information on the Unified Model systems and MONSooN, with the aim of supporting operational and research users alike.

• Project web - information on all collaborative projects is hosted here. Project members are encouraged to use this area as the central location for documenting their projects.

• Operational web - this area contains information on meteorological organisations who hold an operational or commercial licence to use the UM. The information provided here by these organisations can be used to strengthen support.

Getting started on the wiki

If you hold a licence to use the Unified Model or are involved in a collaborative project relating to the UM, please register here (access is provided to licensed parties, upon approval by the Wiki Administrator):

• Registration ( http://collab.metoffice.gov.uk/twiki/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration )

Further information on using this wiki can be found in the Getting Started topic page.

If you do not hold a UM licence and are interesting in obtaining one, please contact the Met Office customer centre.