Tutorial Case Study

In this tutorial, we will be using the Storm of the Century (SOC, March 1993) case as the example. This is the case described in the online Tutorial Notes. We suggest that you start by running through the modeling system programs at least once using the SOC case. This serves two purposes: First you can learn how to run the programs, and second you can test whether your computer is adequate to run the entire modeling system. After you have done this tutorial, you can try either to change the domain settings to something similar to what you'll be using the model for, but still using the test input data, or use data from another case. For extra examples/test data, refer to the "Examples" under each program session.

If you don't know anything about MM5, you should first read the Overview on MM5 home page, and the Introduction in the Tutorial Notes.  Also view the Introduction presented at the bi-annual tutorials.