教程PPT-WRF系统概述.pdf

WRF Modeling System Overview Jimy Dudhia Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Laboratory / NCAR What is WRF? •  WRF: Weather Research and Forecasting Model –  Used for both research and operational forecasting •  It is a supported “community model”, i.e. a free and shared resource with distributed development and centralized support •  Its development is led by NCAR, NOAA/ ESRL and NOAA/NCEP/EMC with partnerships at AFWA, FAA, DOE/PNNL and collaborations with universities and other government agencies in the US and overseas Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Laboratory / NCAR What is ARW? •  WRF has two dynamical cores: The Advanced Research WRF (ARW) and Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model (NMM) –  Dynamical core includes mostly advection, pressure- gradients, Coriolis, buoyancy, filters, diffusion, and time- stepping •  Both are Eulerian mass dynamical cores with terrain-following vertical coordinates •  ARW support and development are centered at NCAR/MMM •  NMM development is centered at NCEP/EMC and support is provided by NCAR/DTC (operationally now only used for HWRF) •  This tutorial is for only the ARW core •  Both are downloadable in the same WRF tar file •  Physics, the software framework, and parts of data pre- and post-processing are shared between the dynamical cores Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Laboratory / NCAR WRF Community Model •  Version 1.0 WRF was released December 2000 •  Version 2.0: May 2004 •  Version 3.0: April 2008 (add global ARW version) •  … (major releases in April, minor releases in summer) •  Version 3.6: April 2014 •  Version 3.6.1: August 2014 •  Version 3.7: April 2015 (current version)