Evaluation Modes

Spinup-Evaluation supports three modes, controlled by the --mode argument:

restart mode (Instantaneous Output)

  • Purpose: Evaluate a single model state (snapshot) from a NEMO/DINO restart.nc file.

  • Input: restart.nc (and mesh_mask.nc)

  • Use case: Assess the physical realism or convergence of a single model state, e.g., after a spin-up or forecast.

  • Output: results/metrics_results_restart.csv (or your chosen prefix)

  • Reference: If --ref-sim-path is provided, computes diffs/stats vs. a reference restart file.

output mode (Time-Averaged State)

  • Purpose: Evaluate time-averaged or multi-time-step model output, typically from files like grid_T_3D.nc, grid_U_3D.nc, grid_V_3D.nc, grid_T_2D.nc.

  • Input: Grid files as mapped in the config YAML (see below).

  • Use case: Assess the mean state or variability over a period, or compare time-averaged fields between runs.

  • Output: results/metrics_results_grid.csv (or your chosen prefix)

  • Reference: If --ref-sim-path is provided, computes diffs/stats vs. a reference output set.

both mode

  • Purpose: Run both restart and output metric suites in one command.

  • Output: Both CSVs as above.