Development Guide

Development of E3SM is carefully planned and tied to goals in the proposals that fund work on E3SM.

Code development

Most code development occurs within one component and developers should consult the relevant component's development guide.

More information on code development.

• Development Big Picture
• Getting Started
• Development Reference

Creating new input

E3SM's public input data directory contains initial and boundary conditions for many cases. Creating new initial or boundary conditions typically starts with creating a new grid.

• Adding Support for New Grids