# \#ANTS

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## [ANTS/umshared on JASMIN again](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-umshared-on-jasmin-again/2178)

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**Author:** [@emrobi](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/emrobi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [21 September 2026 08:54 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-umshared-on-jasmin-again/2178 "2026-09-21T08:54:23Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to use ANTS on JASMIN again, and running into permissions issues with umshared again. I can see into the GWS itself, but then I don’t have permission to access the umshared subdirectory. I don’t have GWS …

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## [ANTS/umshared on JASMIN](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-umshared-on-jasmin/2127)

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**Author:** [@emrobi](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/emrobi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2026 08:09 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-umshared-on-jasmin/2127 "2026-07-15T08:09:56Z")

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Hi, I’ve previously been able to run ANTS on Jasmin, using the data from /gws/nopw/j04/umshared (without having GWS access). However, now it has migrated to /gws/ssde/j25b/umshared I’m getting permission denied. Do I ne…

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## [ANTS ancillary files on JASMIN](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-ancillary-files-on-jasmin/2020)

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**Author:** [@emrobi](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/emrobi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [4 March 2026 17:04 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-ancillary-files-on-jasmin/2020 "2026-03-04T17:04:48Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to get an ANTS suite running on JASMIN to create JULES ancillaries, following on from tickets 1638 and 1792. My suite is u-dx415. Some of the tasks are failing as some of the expected input files aren’t a…

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## [Modifying orography](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/modifying-orography/1671)

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**Author:** [@cemachelen](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/cemachelen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2025 10:02 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/modifying-orography/1671 "2025-04-08T10:02:35Z")

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Hi I’m trying to flatten some orography over part of my domain. I realise I can’t just use xancil as then my other orography ancillary fields won’t match. I’ve tried using ANTS but then realised I don’t generate the sil…

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## [USE\_ANTS on archer2](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/use-ants-on-archer2/567)

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**Author:** [@bassett](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/bassett)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [7 June 2022 15:33 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/use-ants-on-archer2/567 "2022-06-07T15:33:06Z")

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Hello, Looking for help on how to get USE\_ANTS working (and thus make use of the cci data). With the switch set to true I receive the following error that the ants directory is not found: cmdTrace.c(713):ERROR:104: ‘re…

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## [ANTS on JASMIN](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-on-jasmin/488)

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**Author:** [@pmcguire](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/pmcguire)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2022 18:39 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/ants-on-jasmin/488 "2022-02-22T18:39:02Z")

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Good morning Patrick I wonder if you might be able to help me with tracking down status of ANTS on JASMIN. I discovered these instructions, but afraid I failed at step 5 (i.e. python pointing to your path). In any ca…