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WRF Model Version 4.6.1



https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/



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WRF PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE

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WRF was developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research

(NCAR) which is operated by the University Corporation for

Atmospheric Research (UCAR). NCAR and UCAR make no proprietary

claims, either statutory or otherwise, to this version and

release of WRF and consider WRF to be in the public domain for

use by any person or entity for any purpose without any fee or

charge. UCAR requests that any WRF user include this notice on

any partial or full copies of WRF. WRF is provided on an "AS

IS" basis and any warranties, either express or implied,

including but not limited to implied warranties of

non-infringement, originality, merchantability and fitness for a

particular purpose, are disclaimed. In no event shall

UCAR be liable for any damages, whatsoever, whether direct,

indirect, consequential or special, that arise out of or in

connection with the access, use or performance of WRF, including

infringement actions.



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This is the main directory for the WRF Version 4 source code release.

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Other README files are located in the WRF/doc directory:

doc/README.cmake_build

doc/README.crtm

doc/README.CTSM

doc/README.cygwin.md

doc/README.DA

doc/README.hybrid_vert_coord

doc/README.hydro

doc/README.io_config

doc/README.irr_diag

doc/README.madwrf

doc/README.NMM

doc/README.rsl_output

doc/README.SSIB

doc/README_test_cases

doc/README.windturbine

doc/README.WRFPLUS



- Beginning with version 4.0, for more information on the releases, visit 

  the WRF GitHub Release Page:

  https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF/releases



V3.9.1.1 Release Notes (8/28/17):

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- Version 3.9.1.1 has only limited bug fixes compared to version 3.9.1.

  For more information on WRF V3.9.1.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.9.1 Release Notes (8/17/17):

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- For more information on WRF V3.9.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.9 Release Notes (4/17/17):

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- For more information on WRF V3.9 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.8.1 Release Notes (8/12/16) (rev 9553):

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- For more information on WRF V3.8.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  read the online User's Guide.



V3.8 Release Notes (4/8/16) (rev 9345):

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- For more information on WRF V3.8 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.7.1 Release Notes (8/14/15) (rev 8584):

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- For more information on WRF V3.7.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/



V3.7 Release Notes (4/17/15) (rev 8345):

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- For more information on WRF V3.7 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.6.1 Release Notes (8/14/14) (rev 7630):

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- For more information on WRF V3.6.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



V3.6 Release Notes (4/18/14) (rev 7412):

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- For more information on WRF V3.6 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.5.1 Release Notes (9/23/13) (rev 6868):

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- For more information on WRF V3.5.1 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.5 Release Notes (4/18/13) (rev 6660):

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- For more information on WRF V3.5 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.4.1 Release Notes (8/16/12) (rev 5930):

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This is a bug fix release. The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3.4/updates-3.4.1.html,

and for WRF-NMM at

http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/model/wrfv3/updates.php



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V3.4 Release Notes:

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Version 3.4 is released on April 6, 2012 (rev 5745).



- For more information on WRF V3.4 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.3.1 Release Notes (9/16/11) (rev 5130):

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This is a bug fix release. The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3.3/updates-3.3.1.html,

and for WRF-NMM at

http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/model/wrfv3/updates.php



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V3.3 Release Notes:

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Version 3.3 is released on April 6, 2011 (rev 4896).



- For more information on WRF V3.3 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.2.1 Release Notes (8/18/10):

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This is a bug fix release. The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3.2/updates-3.2.1.html, and

for WRF-NMM at

http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/model/wrfv3/updates.php



See online User's Guides for latest information.



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V3.2 Release Notes:

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Version 3.2 is released on March 31, 2010.



- For more information on WRF V3.2 release, visit WRF User's home pages

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and 

  http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/, and read the online User's Guide.



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V3.1.1 Release Notes (7/31/09):

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This is a bug fix release. The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3.1/updates-3.1.1.html, and

for WRF-NMM at

http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users/model/wrfv3/updates.php



See online User's Guides for latest information.



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V3.1 Release Notes:

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Version 3.1 is released on April 9, 2009.



- For more information on WRF V3.1 release, visit WRF Users home page

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/, and read the online User's Guide.

- WRF V3 executable will work with V3.0 wrfinput/wrfbdy (but requires 

  inserting a new namelist variable use_baseparam_fr_nml in &dynamics). As

  always, rerunning the new programs is recommended.

- WRF V3.1 has changed a number of namelists. For example, ucmcall has

  become sf_urban_physics, pd_moist(scalar/tke/chem) has become 

  moist_adv_opt (scalar/tke/chem_adv_opt). Helpful messages will be printed

  to aid you.



V3.0.1.1 Release Notes:

-----------------------



Version 3.0.1.1 has only limited bug fixes compared to version 3.0.1.

The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3/updates-3.0.1.1.html.



V3.0.1 Release Notes:

---------------------



This is a bug fix release. The detailed updates for WRF-ARW can be found at

http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfv3/updates-3.0.1.html.



Online User's Guides have also been updated.



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V3.0 Release Notes:

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- For directions on compiling WRF, see below or Users Web page.

- For more information on WRF V3 release, visit WRF Users home page

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/

- WRF V3 works with WPS, and SI is no longer supported. 

  Please see User' Guide for WPS.

- WRF V3 executable does not work with wrfinput/wrfbdy produced by previous versions.

- WRF V3 has removed one obsolete namelist variable, dyn_opt. Edit with caution.



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WRF update history:



- V2.0.1: May 21, 2004

- V2.0.2: June 3, 2004

- V2.0.3: Nov 12, 2004 

  V2.0.3.1: Dec 3, 2004

- V2.1: August 4, 2005

- V2.1.1: Nov 8, 2005

- V2.1.2: Jan 27, 2006

- V2.2: Dec 21, 2006

- V2.2.1: Nov 1, 2007

- V3.0: April 4, 2008

- V3.0.1: August 5, 2008

- V3.0.1.1: August 22, 2008

- V3.1: April 9, 2009

- V3.1.1: July 31, 2009

- V3.2: March 31, 2010

- V3.2.1: August 18, 2010

- V3.3: April 6, 2011

- V3.3.1: Sept 16, 2011

- V3.4: April 6, 2012

- V3.4.1: Aug 16, 2012

- V3.5: April 18, 2013

- V3.5.1: Sept 23, 2013

- V3.6: April 18, 2014

- V3.6.1: Aug 14, 2014

- V3.7: April 20, 2015

- V3.7.1: Aug 14, 2015

- V3.8: April 8, 2016

- V3.8.1: Aug 12, 2016

- V3.9: Apr 17, 2017

- V3.9.1: Aug 17, 2017

- V3.9.1.1: Aug 28, 2017

- V4.0: June 8, 2018



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How to compile and run?

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- In WRF directory, type 'configure' - this will create a configure.wrf

  file that has appropriate compile options for the supported computers.



  Note: WRF requires netCDF library. If your netCDF library is installed in

        some odd directory, set environment variable NETCDF before you type

        'configure'. For example, 



        setenv NETCDF /usr/local/netcdf-pgi



- Type 'compile case_name' where you can find the case_names by simply typing

  compile. The following are available:



      compile em_b_wave

      compile em_grav2d_x

      compile em_heldsuarez

      compile em_hill2d_x

      compile em_les

      compile em_quarter_ss

      compile em_real

      compile em_seabreeze2d_x

      compile em_convrad

      compile em_squall2d_x

      compile em_squall2d_y

      compile em_scm_xy

      compile em_tropical_cyclone



  Notes: 1. If you are going to create model output file that is more than 2Gb,

      you should consider using netCDF large file support function. To activate

      this, one must set the environment variable WRFIO_NCD_LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT.

      In c-shell environment, do



      setenv WRFIO_NCD_LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT 1



      This becomes default since V3.9.



      2. Since V3.2, we support using multiple processors for compilation. The

      default number of processors used is 2. But if you have any problem with

      compilation, please try using one processor to compile. To do this, set

      the following environment variable before compile:



      setenv J "-j 1"



- If sucessful, this will create either real.exe or ideal.exe and wrf.exe

  in directory main/, and the appropriate executables will be linked into

  the test directoires under test/case_name, or run/.



- cd to the appropriate test or run directory to run ideal/real/wrf.



- If it is one of the idealized cases (b_wave, hill2d_x, grav2d_x, quarter_ss,

  squall2d_x, squall2d_y, em_les or em_heldsuarez), cd the the appropriate directory, type



  ./ideal.exe 



  to produce wrfinput_d01 file for wrf model. Then type



  ./wrf.exe 



  to run. 



- If it is real-data case (real), place files from WPS (met_em.*)

  in the appropriate directory, type



  ./real.exe



  to produce wrfbdy_d01 and wrfinput_d01. Then type



  ./wrf.exe



  to run.



- If you use mpich, type



  mpirun -np number-of-processors wrf.exe



- For information on how to make nested runs, visit

  http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/



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What is in WRF V4?



- Advanced Research WRF (ARW) solver: Eulerian mass, hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic

  * Arakawa C-grid staggering

  * Runge-Kutta 2nd and 3rd order timestep options

  * scalar-conserving flux form for prognostic variables

  * 2nd to 6th order advection options (horizontal and vertical)

  * time-split small step for acoustic modes

  * small step horizontally explicit, vertically implicit

  * divergence damping option and vertical time off-centering

  * external-mode filtering option for mass model

  * hydrostatic option via namelist option

  * positive-definite and monotonic advection for moisture, scalar, tke and chemical tracers

  * global modeling capability on latitude-longitude grid

  * digital filter initialization

  * WENO advection options

  * Hybrid sigma-pressure vertical coordinate (since V3.9)



- Two-way nesting:

  * multiple domains and multiple nest levels

  * supports integer nest grid ratio

  * feedback option for both odd and even nest grid ratios 

  * smoothing options



- One-way nesting 



- Moving nest 

  * Specified move

  * Automatic move using a mid-level vortex-following algorithm



- Physics options:

  * microphysics (Kessler/ WRF Single Moment 3, 5 and 6 classes / Lin et al./ Mibrandt 2-moment /

    Eta Ferrier / Thompson / Goddard / 2-moment Morrison / WRF Double Moment 5 and 6 classes /

    SBU-Lin 5-classes / NSSL 2-moment and 1-moment / CAM 5.1 ) / Thompson aerosol-aware /

    HUJI full and fast SBM / P3 / 2-moment Morrison with CESM aerosol

  * cumulus parameterization (Kain-Fritsch with shallow convection / 

    Betts-Miller-Janjic / Grell-Devenyi ensemble / Grell 3D (with shallow convection option) /

    Grell-Freitas ensemble /

    Tiedtke (with shallow conv and momentum transport) / NSAS (with shallow conv and momentum transport) /

    SAS (with shallow conv for ARW) / Zhang-McFarlane (with momentum transport) ) /

    New Tiedtke (with shallow conv and momentum transport) / Multi-scale KF (with shallow convection) /

    Kain-Fritsch Cumulus Potential (with shallow convection)

  * UW shallow convection / GRIMS shallow convection

  * planetary boundary layer (Yosei University / Mellor-Yamada-Janjic / ACM2 / QNSE-EDMF / MYNN / 

    BouLac / UW / TEMF / Grenier-Bretherton-McCaa ) / Shin-Hong 

  * slab soil model (5-layer thermal diffusion / Noah land-surface model (4 levels) /

    RUC LSM (6 levels) / Pleim-Xu (2 levels / Noah-MP (4 levels) / SSiB (3 levels) / CLM4 (10 levels) )

  * Urban canopy model, BEP multi-layer and BEM  (works with Noah LSM, BEP and 

    BEM also requires MYJ or BouLac)

  * longwave radiation (RRTM / CAM / RRTMG / new Goddard / FLG )

  * shortwave radiation (Dudhia / old Goddard / CAM / RRTMG / new Goddard / FLG ), 

    terrain slope and shading effect

  * sub-grid turbulence (constant K diffusion/ 2-D Smagorinsky/ predicted TKE /

    2-D, 6th order diffusion / Nonlinear Backscatter Anisotropic (NBA) sub-grid turbulence stress for LES )

  * Rayleigh damping for w at the upper boundary layer

  * gravity wave drag (including flow blocking)

  * land-use categories determine surface properties; support for 24 category USGS and 

    20 category MODIS 

  * Options for modifying SST, sea ice, vegetation fraction, albedo, and deep soil temp

    for long simulations

  * fractional sea ice option for polar regions; modified snow/ice physics

  * single-column ocean mixed layer model / 3D Price-Weller-Pinkel (PWP) ocean model

  * drag and enthalpy flux formulation for hurricane applications

  * CLM lake model

  * windfarm drag



- Nudging:

  * three-dimensional, surface analysis nudging, and flux-adjusting surface data nudging

  * observation nudging 

  * spectral nudging

  * flux-adjusting surface data nudging



- Software



  * Hierarchical software architecture that insulates scientific code

    (Model Layer) from computer architecture (Driver Layer)

  * Multi-level parallelism supporting shared-memory (OpenMP), distributed-memory (MPI), 

    and hybrid share/distributed modes of execution

  * Active data registry: defines and manages model state fields, I/O,

    nesting, configuration, and numerous other aspects of WRF through a single file, 

    called the Registry

  * Two-way nesting:

      Easy to extend: forcing and feedback of new fields specified by

        editing a single table in the Registry

      Efficient: 5-8% overhead on 64 processes of IBM

      Moving nests.

  * Enhanced I/O options:

      NetCDF and Parallel HDF5 formats

      Nine auxiliary input and history output streams separately controllable through the namelist

      Special input streams for analysis and observation nudging

      Output file names and time-stamps specifiable through namelist

      Special output stream for 3DVAR

  * Efficient execution on a range of computing platforms:

      IBM SP systems, (e.g. NCAR "bluevista","blueice","bluefire" Power5-based system)

      IBM Blue Gene

      SGI Origin and Altix

      Linux/Intel

         IA64 MPP (HP Superdome, SGI Altix, NCSA Teragrid systems)

         IA64 SMP

         x86_64 (e.g. TACC's "Ranger", NOAA/GSD "wJet" )

	 PGI, Intel, Pathscale, gfortran, g95 compilers supported

      Sun Solaris (single threaded and SMP)

      Cray X1, X1e (vector), XT3/4 (Opteron)

      Mac Intel/ppc, PGI/ifort/g95

      NEC SX/8

      HP-UX

      Fujitsu VPP 5000, FX10

      Intel MIC

  * RSL_LITE: communication layer, scalable to very large domains, supports nesting.

  * I/O: NetCDF, parallel NetCDF (Argonne), HDF5, GRIB, raw binary, Quilting (asynchronous I/O), MCEL (coupling)

  * ESMF Time Management, including exact arithmetic for fractional

    time steps (no drift).

  * ESMF integration - WRF can be run as an ESMF component.

  * Improved documentation, both on-line (web based browsing tools) and in-line