Document the steps for running the WRF tutorial Hurricane Matthew test case on Derecho

[georgemccabe]

Documentation exists to run WRF through a container and to utilize multiple containers, but all of the necessary information needed to run what we need is not clearly documented in once place.

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[georgemccabe]

Melissa Bukovsky documented the process of running the containers using singularity including notes about issues encountered.

Link to Google Doc: IWRF Container Notes

[georgemccabe]

Notes from @rcplane running containers: IWRF_Container_Notes_Cornell_CAC_Red_Cloud_First_Run_2023_05

[JohnHalleyGotway]

Update from the March 15, 2024 I-WRF project meeting.

• @hahnd has already used the I-WRF system to run the WRF tutorial on Cheyenne.
• @rcplane is adapting instructions from David Hahn to run the WRF tutorial case on Derecho.
• @rcplane will document these steps in whatever way he'd like and hand off the result to @JohnHalleyGotway.
• @JohnHalleyGotway will test/replicate these Derecho instructions and document them via the I-WRF RTD page.
• @jaredalee will re-test the resulting instructions in RTD.