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== Sign in ==
== Sign in ==
Sign in to WMT with an email and a password.  
Sign in to WMT with an email and a password.
You can't save or run models unless you're signed in.
 
[[File:WMT-sign-in.png|400px]]
 
You have to be signed in to save and run models.
If this is the first time you're signing in to WMT, you'll be prompted to repeat your password.
If this is the first time you're signing in to WMT, you'll be prompted to repeat your password.


== Select a model component ==
== Select a model component ==
In the [[WMT_help#Model_panel|Model panel]], select the '''driver''' button.
To create a new model in WMT, you must start by selecting a component to act as the driver of the model.
Choose '''Hydrotrend''' from the list of components displayed.
 
In the [[WMT_help#Model_panel|Model panel]], select the '''''driver''''' button and choose '''Hydrotrend''' from the list of components displayed.
 
[[File:WMT-select-driver.png|250px]]
 
The [[WMT_help#Model_panel|Model panel]] now shows Hydrotrend as the driver of the model:
 
[[File:WMT-Hydrotrend-driver.png|275px]]


<span style='color:red'>(Show a picture!)</span>
WMT has also given a generic [[WMT_help#Model_title|Model title]] to the new model, based on the name of the driver component.
We'll chose a more specific title when we [[WMT_tutorial#Save_the_model|save the model]].


== Get information on the component ==
== Get information on the component ==

Revision as of 16:32, 15 May 2014

The CSDMS Web Modeling Tool (WMT) is the web-based successor to the desktop CSDMS Modeling Tool (CMT). WMT allows users to build and run coupled surface dynamics models on a high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) from a web browser on a desktop, laptop or tablet computer.

This article gives a short tutorial on how to use WMT. For an overview of the buttonology of WMT, please see WMT Help.

Open WMT

In a web browser, go to

https://csdms.colorado.edu/wmt

to open WMT.

Sign in

Sign in to WMT with an email and a password.

WMT-sign-in.png

You have to be signed in to save and run models. If this is the first time you're signing in to WMT, you'll be prompted to repeat your password.

Select a model component

To create a new model in WMT, you must start by selecting a component to act as the driver of the model.

In the Model panel, select the driver button and choose Hydrotrend from the list of components displayed.

WMT-select-driver.png

The Model panel now shows Hydrotrend as the driver of the model:

WMT-Hydrotrend-driver.png

WMT has also given a generic Model title to the new model, based on the name of the driver component. We'll chose a more specific title when we save the model.

Get information on the component

Get information on Hydrotrend. Follow the link to the component help page on the CSDMS web site.

(Show a picture!)

Edit a component parameter

When Hydrotrend was selected, its parameters were displayed in the Parameter panel. These are default values for the component. Change the Simulation run time parameter from 100 to 200 days by entering the value 200 in the parameter's value box. Note that you can use scientific notation: 200 could be entered as 2E2. Note the use of "E"; "e" won't work.

Save the model

Give the model a name.

Note that labels are selected: Hydrotrend and your email address. Make a new label that describes this model. (E.g., "tutorial")

Run the model

Standalone mode.

Check the status page.

Download the model output

Foo.