Create a singularity container for METviewer

[hankenstein2]

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Describe the Enhancement

Most HPCs are not allowing Docker containers but they do allow singularity. We need to look into creating A singularity container for METviewer

Time Estimate

3 days or more

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Relevant Deadlines

None

Funding Source

UAE-NCM has the most immediate requirement

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[DanielAdriaansen]

@georgemccabe ans @bikegeek can you think about whether what Hank says in this issue is relevant for what we discussed today? If so, I can incorporate this into the workflow for NRL and add more details to the issue.

Minna, I tagged you since METviewer is called out specifically here, but this sounds mostly like a container issue.

[bikegeek]

If NRL is interested in creating scorecards from METviewer, then this would be useful since scorecards can only be generated via the command line.