Quickstart#

This page provides the fastest way to begin using ICESEE in the GHUB environment. It is intentionally minimal: one runnable tutorial, a few key concepts, and clear next steps.


1. Run the first end-to-end example#

The recommended entry point is the Lorenz-96 tutorial notebook, which demonstrates a full forecast → analysis data assimilation cycle in a lightweight setting.

Run the Lorenz-96 Tutorial


2. What this tutorial demonstrates#

The Lorenz-96 example illustrates the core ICESEE workflow:

  • ensemble initialization

  • model forecast propagation

  • synthetic observation generation

  • EnKF-style analysis update

  • diagnostic evaluation (error and spread)

These same steps carry over to ice-sheet applications, where the model component is replaced by a flowline solver or a full ice-sheet model.


3. Suggested path through the book#

After completing Lorenz-96, continue with:

ICESEE Workflow Overview

GHUB User Manual


4. Moving beyond toy models#

ICESEE is designed to scale from idealized systems to ice-sheet simulations. For advanced execution environments:

Running with Containers

ICESEE-HPC Coupling