PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Modeling System Tutorial Class Notes and Users' Guide (MM5 Modeling System Version 3)

By Jimy Dudhia, Dave Gill, Kevin Manning, Wei Wang, and Cindy Bruyere

(Updated for MM5 Modeling System Version 3.7 - Released January 2005)


	Cover Page		Cover Page
	Table of Contents		Table of Contents
	Preface		Preface
1.	INTRODUCTION	1.	INTRODUCTION
2.	GETTING STARTED	2.	GETTING STARTED
3.	MAKE UTILITY	3.	MAKE UTILITY
4.	TERRAIN	4.	TERRAIN
5.	REGRID	5.	REGRID
6.	Objective Analysis (little_r)	6.	Objective Analysis (little_r)
7.	INTERPF	7.	INTERPF
8.	MM5	8.	MM5
9.	MAKE AND MM5	9.	MAKE AND MM5
10.	NESTDOWN	10.	NESTDOWN
11.	INTERPB	11.	INTERPB
12.	GRAPH	12.	GRAPH
13.	I/O FORMAT	13.	I/O FORMAT
14.	Utility Programs	14.	Utility Programs
15.	EXERCISE	15.	EXERCISE
A.	Derivation of MM5 Equations	A.	Derivation of MM5 Equations
B.	MM5 Model Code	B.	MM5 Model Code
C.	How to Use Noah Land-Surface Model Option	C.	How to Use Noah Land-Surface Model Option
D.	MPP MM5: The Distributed-Memory (DM) Extension	D.	The Distributed-Memory (DM) Extension
E.	3DVAR	E.	3DVAR
F.	RAWINS	F.	RAWINS
G.	Alternative Plotting Package - RIP	G.	Alternative Plotting Package - RIP
H.	Running MM5 Jobs On IBM	H.	Running MM5 Jobs On IBM
	References		References