Add FATES model

[annefou]

Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) with CLM (Community Land Model).

requested by: ecologists (Bergen and Tromso), Climate scientists (Oslo). Github repo:

• https://github.com/NGEET/fates
• https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM

info: special configuration of CTSM (uses CESM framework).

The plan is to add it in Galaxy so ecologist can run single point simulations from a list of locations corresponding to in-situ stations.

• add tools for visualization (hopefull we can re-use some existing tool).

See http://web.nateko.lu.se/lpj-guess/education/ getting an idea of what we can do (it uses a different model).

Work to be done:

Step - 1

• Fates is a component of CLM (very similar setup to CESM) which means it should be fairly easy to add in in bioconda
• Prepare a list of sites and corresponding input data
• Create xml wrapper for Galaxy

Step - 2

• Create visualization tools

[annefou]

@huitang-earth For your information, this is where we will build the tool wrapper (graphical interface) for FATES).

We will create a branch (fates) for this.

But first we need to package FATES for running out-of-the-box.

[huitang-earth]

@annefou This looks like a good start. Please let me know if the virtual machine has been built for running FATES.

[annefou]

For visualization one option mentioned is what is done for PECAN project https://pecanproject.github.io/index.html

[annefou]

@huitang-earth Start draft for FATES tutorial (branch fates https://github.com/NordicESMhub/galaxy-training-material). Tutorial for fates is in https://github.com/NordicESMhub/galaxy-training-material/tree/fates/topics/climate/tutorials/fates

[annefou]

done. We will create further issues to improve the current tool. In particular for better handling different "compset" and input data.