WRF Model Users' Page
Welcome to the users' page for the Weather Research
and Forecasting Model (here "WRF", for short). WRF is a state-of-the-art
atmospheric modeling system designed for both meteorological research and
numerical weather prediction. It offers a host of options for atmospheric
processes and can run on a variety of computing platforms. WRF excels in
a broad range of applications across scales ranging from tens of meters to
thousands of kilometers, including the following.
– Meteorological studies
– Real-time NWP
– Idealized simulations
– Data assimilation
– Earth system model coupling
– Model training and educational support
The Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory
(MMM) of NCAR supports the WRF system to the user community, maintains the WRF code,
and oversees the relase process. MMM
provides the wrfhelp service, which provides user assistance and delivers
WRF news. MMM also issues WRF releases, conducts WRF tutorials, and hosts the annual
WRF Users' Workshop.
The WRF system is available via free download
through these pages. In addition to providing the code and documentation for WRF system,
this site provides information and links on WRF code contributions, releases, and
events.
Related Systems and Information
There are a number of WRF-related systems and specialty capabilities
with separate pages. Key ones are listed below, and users are directed
to these for the system details.
– WRF Data Assimilation System: WRFDA
– WRF-Chem (WRF atmospheric chemistry model): WRF-Chem
– WRF-Hydro (WRF hydrological modeling system): WRF-Hydro
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