WPS V4 Geographical Static Data Downloads Page

Below you will find static geographical data for WPS (geogrid) input. Three tables are provided for different types of downloads:

Mandatory Static Data
These are all the mandatory fields required to run WPS and WRF. There are two packaged tar files available from links at the top of this table:

1) contains the highest resolution of each mandatory field - this is the one that is most commonly-used, and is recommended for most applications

2) contains only the lowest resolution of each mandatory field (useful for model testing and educational purposes)

Static Data for Specific Applications
These data are mandatory for specific applications.
**NOTE: if you wish to use these data, you must use them in addition to one of the mandatory data packages listed above.

Optional Static Data
These data fields are older, and have been replaced/updated by newer fields in the "mandatory" tar files.

To download an individual file, click on any data file (link) listed in the left-hand column of each table.>




To access the old (Version 3) downloads page, click here.

WRF Preprocessing System (WPS) Geographical Input Data Mandatory Fields Downloads

Click on file (link) below to download individual data files	Download Highest Resolution of each Mandatory Field *Note: ~29G Uncompressed (2.6G Compressed)	Download Lowest Resolution of Each Mandatory Field
albedo_modis	x	x
greenfrac_fpar_modis	x	x
greenfrac_fpar_modis_5m		x
lai_modis_10m	x	x
lai_modis_30s	x
maxsnowalb_modis	x	x
modis_landuse_20class_30s_with_lakes	x
modis_landuse_20class_5m_with_lakes		x
orogwd_2deg	x
orogwd_1deg	x	x
orogwd_30m	x
orogwd_20m	x
orogwd_10m	x
soiltemp_1deg	x	x
soiltype_bot_5m		x
soiltype_bot_30s	x
soiltype_top_5m		x
soiltype_top_30s	x
topo_gmted2010_5m		x
topo_gmted2010_30s	x
varsso	x
varsso_10m	x
varsso_5m	x
varsso_2m	x

WPS Geographical Input Data for Specific Applications

Click on file (link) below to download individual data files	Use	Combined TAR Files
clayfrac_5m	Required if using Thompson MP Scheme (mp_physics=28) and dust_emis=1	Thompson28 and Chem Tar File
erod
sandfrac_5m
crop (Includes drainage_map)	NoahMP LSM (sf_surface_physics=4) *Includes irrigation data for NoahMP* *drainage_map is in crop/ directory*	NoahMP Tar File
groundwater
soilgrids
drainage_map (opt_tdrn= 1 or 2)
irrigation	Surface Irrigation Schemes (sf_surf_irr_scheme=1,2,3)
nlcd2011_can_ll_9s	Required if using Pleim-Xiu LSM (sf_surface_physics=7) when considering urban effects with PX LSM. U.S. Only	Pleim-Xiu Tar File
nlcd2011_imp_ll_9s
nlcd2011_ll_9s
NUDAPT44_1KM	Optional for use with urban models (sf_urban_physics=1, 2, or 3) U.S. Only	Urban Tar File
urbfrac_nlcd2011
ssib_landuse_10m	SSiB LSM (sf_surface_physics=8)	SSIB Tar File
ssib_landuse_5m
lake_depth	Lake Model (sf_lake_physics=1)
bathymetry	Shallow Water Roughness (shalwater_z0 = 1)
CGLC-MODIS-LCZ_100m	CGLC-MODIS-LCZ_100m (use_wudapt_lcz = 1 and urban_physics=1, 2, or 3)
orogwd3_2deg	GWDO Data for GSL GWD (gwd_opt=3) (data updated on 6/21/2021)	GSL GWD Tar File
orogwd3_1deg
orogwd3_30m
orogwd3_20m
orogwd3_10m
orogwd3_2.5m
slucm-distributed-drag	slucm distributed drag data ONLY USED WHEN (sf_urban_physics=1) and slucm_distributed_drag=.true. Note: When the .tar file is unpacked, there are several directories containing data. These should all be used together for consistency.

Optional WPS Geographical Input Data

Click on file (link) below to download individual data files	Optional Use	Combined TAR Files
albedo_ncep	Simulations Older than Year 2000	Older Than 2000 Tar File
greenfrac
landuse_30s_with_lakes
maxsnowalb
bnu_soiltype_bot	Alternative Data Source for all LSM's	Alternative LSM Data Tar File
bnu_soiltype_top
modis_landuse_20class_15s	Alternative High-resolution Data
modis_landuse_20class_15s_with_lakes
nlcd2006_ll_9s	Alternative High-Resolution Data U.S. Only
updated_Iceland_LU	Modified USGS Land cover tiles over Iceland (Includes 'landuse_30s' and 'landuse_30s_with_lakes')