How to Use

A guided walkthrough of openAMUNDSEN-DA using the existing reviewed Rofental example. Work through it once from start to finish: understand the framework, start the pinned runtime, inspect the example, preprocess observations, prepare the project, run the model and inspect the outputs.

For the scientific background to the openAMUNDSEN-DA software publication, it is recommended to read Wagner et al. (2026).

Chapter Order

• 1. Overview defines the workflow and core terms.
• 2. Installation copies the example from the pinned image and starts the container.
• 3. Example Data: Rofental introduces the prepared inputs and project configuration.
• 4. Preprocess Observations reproduces the fSCA and wet-snow summary tables.
• 5. Prepare the Project creates deterministic steps and per-event inputs.
• 6. Running the Model executes and validates the complete project.
• 7. Results and Diagnostics reviews the manifest, plots, maps, tables and compact grid result.
• 8. Adapting to Your Own Project transfers the workflow with controlled changes.