WRF Tutorial at ARSC

ARSC is sponsoring an on-site tutorial for WRF August 24.

This one-day tutorial will provide attendees with exposure to the mechanics of using WRF (the Weather Research and Forecasting Model) on ARSC resources. The tutorial will include hands-on use of ARSC's Cray XD1 system, nelchina. At the end of the tutorial, attendees shall have prepared, executed and viewed a "standard" tutorial case study (Hurricane Katrina model), and a simple case study of their own choosing within the Alaska region. Attendees will gain basic proficiency with WRF, and become aware of requirements for applying WRF to individual research purposes.

Intended audience:

Individuals with interest in WRF, but little hands-on exposure.

Requirements:

- Open to UA/UAF faculty, staff and students
- Pre-register via the Web at www.arsc.edu
- Have an active ARSC username; usernames are freely available via www.arsc.edu
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux command line utilities for file management, editing, and running programs

No specific experience with nelchina or WRF is required, but some familiarity with weather modeling will be assumed. This workshop is limited to 20 attendees. Note that a follow-on workshop is being planned for later in the semester.

Tutorial schedule. All events will take place in WRRB 009 on the UAF campus (directions may be found at www.arsc.edu)

08:30-09:30: Overview of WRF and the modeling process
09:30-10:00: WRF pre-processing overview
10:00-11:00: WRF pre-processing hands-on
11:00-11:30: Overview of WRF execution
11:30-12:30: WRF execution hands-on
12:30-13:30: Lunch (provided)
13:30-14:00: Overview of afternoon activities (setup and run individualized domains)
14:00-16:00: Hands-on work with individualized domains

About the instructors:

Dr. Don Morton (U. Montana & ARSC) is a faculty member in computer science with an interest in weather modeling and forecasting. He has developed ARSC's daily weather runs, and is familiar with data input and output requirements for WRF. Email:

Dr. Morton will be assisted by Dr. Martin Stuefer (UAF's GI & ARSC), who has a background in atmospheric sciences. Dr. Stuefer is pursuing alternate inputs to WRF, and working to develop ARSC's weather products. Email:

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