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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Chris Davis asked me to pass along information to everyone regarding
the 2011-2012 ASP GAU allocation and its usage.<br>
<br>
For the 2011-2012 year, which runs from April 2011 through March
2012, our <i>total </i>allocated GAUs are unchanged from last
year. However, new this year is that 40% of the allocation resides
in the traditional monthly allocation (which is subject to the 30-
and 90-day limits) and 60% of the allocation resides in a new joint
allocation (which is a one-time usage pool).<br>
<br>
Thus, on a month-by-month basis, we have 6,240 GAU per month. This
allocation should be used first. For the entire year, we have an
additional 140,400 GAU that can be used at any time by anyone. This
allocation should be used only on an "as-needed" basis with open
communication maintained between everyone so we know who is using
it, when it is being used, and how many GAUs are being used. As
Chris mentioned to me yesterday, we don't want to end up in a
situation where we end up running out of these GAUs in October!<br>
<br>
Note that there are new project numbers for the ASP accounts:<br>
Monthly Allocation: 54040011<br>
One-Time Joint Allocation: 54048000<br>
These replace the old 54042108 account number. Please change your
bluefire submission scripts accordingly.<br>
<br>
As a result of the new standard allocation, we are currently at 187%
of our 30-day allocation and 190% of our 90-day allocation. CISL has
upped our limits for both to 300% for the month of April only, after
which the standard 120%/105% limits will apply. This presents a
quandry for us, however: it enables us to have access to our monthly
allocation for the month of April but effectively ensures that it
will be unusable for at least some portion of May. Even if we do not
use any GAUs in our monthly allocation this month, we will still be
at 152% of the 90-day allocation on May 1st. We would drop below
100% of the 90-day allocation on approximately May 11th. Any GAUs we
use from our monthly allocation this month will delay that date. As
a result, it is probably best to use GAUs sparingly this month.<br>
<br>
Thanks much to Chris and Paula for working to get this set up, and
to Dave Hart and Michelle Smart at CISL for their assistance in the
matter. I turn things back over to Sebastien to oversee our
allocation and wiki, but please do let me or Chris know if you have
any questions.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
-Clark<br>
<br>
<br>
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Clark Evans
Postdoctoral Fellow, ASP/MMM
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:evans@ucar.edu">evans@ucar.edu</a>
Phone: 303.497.8927
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