minimal README

Author: infotroph

models/rothc/inst/workflow_example/README.md

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+# Example workflow for multisite RothC simulations
+
+This is a quick example of a set of scripts to run a simple PEcAn ensemble
+that simulates soil carbon using the RothC model.
+
+The run scripts scripts were adapted from a set under development for the
+[MAGiC project](https://github.com/ccmmf/workflows) with a goal of keeping
+this set simple enough to be easy to (1) understand as demos, and
+(2) modify for your specific project.
+
+## Important caveats
+
+This package is still under development and many inputs are still hard-coded.
+As I write this on 2025-12-04, only met data is read from site-specific files;
+all soil and management is hard-coded. Do not interpret the outputs as
+meaningful predictions yet.
+
+
+## Required but not yet provided here
+
+* ERA5 weather data in PEcAn standard netcdf format (instructions TK)
+* a RothC binary, available from https://github.com/Rothamsted-Models/RothC_Code
+
+## To run
+
+* put weather data in `data_raw/ERA5_CA_nc/` (or update paths to where your weather already is)
+* put RothC in `/usr/local/bin/RothC_v2.1.0` (or update that path in the template)
+* update `site_info.csv` with your sites of interest
+* TK: site-specific management and soil information once implemented
+* `./run.sh`