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There are several groups that are using WRF for real-time applications.

 
 
 
NCAR forecast 4 km, Central US, WRF forecast for 2004 convective season (April 28 - July 31 2004), 36 h forecast, 00 Z initialization from ETA 40 km grib data using WRF SI, mass coordinate.
  • Lin microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Noah land-surface model
  • YSU PBL scheme
  • 4 km grid length, 771 x 651 horizontal grid points, 35 vertical levels, Time step 24 s
10 km CONUS, 48 h, 00 Z and 12 Z initialization, mass coordinate.
  • Kain-Fritsch (new) convective parameterization
  • YSU PBL scheme
  • Eta Ferrier microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Noah LSM
  • 10 km grid length, 35 vertical levels, Time step 60 s
22 km CONUS, 72 h fcst from 00 Z initialization, and 48 h fcst from 12 Z initialization from 40 km Eta, mass coordinate.
  • Kain-Fritsch (new) convective parameterization
  • YSU PBL scheme
  • NCEP 3-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Unified Noah land surface model
  • 22 km grid length, 28 vertical levels, Time step 120 s
36/12 km CONUS/Central US two-way nested run, 48 h fcst from 00 Z initialization, initialization from 40 km Eta grib data, mass coordinate.
  • Kain-Fritsch (new) convective parameterization
  • YSU PBL scheme
  • WSM 3-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Noah land surface model
  • 36 and 12 km grid lengths, 35 vertical levels, Time step 200/73.3 s
 
 
 
FSL WRF-RUC forecast 48 h WRF forecast for TAQ, 10 km (NE US), 00 Z and 12 Z initialization, mass coordinate. More info ...

WRF-RUC Verification

  • Kain-Fritsch (new) convective parameterization
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • NCEP 3-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Smirnova-RUC land-surface parameterization
  • 10 km grid length, 35 vertical levels
24 h CONUS WRF-RUC runs, 00 and 12 UTC initialization
  • Grell convective parameterization
  • ETA TKE PBL scheme
  • NCEP 5-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Smirnova-RUC land-surface parameterization
  • 20 km grid length, 35 vertical levels
 
 
 
University of Illinois University of Illinois real time WRF forecast 25 km (midwest region), 36 h, 00 Z initialization, mass coordinate. More info ...
  • Kain-Fritsch (new) convective parameterization
  • Monin-Obukhov surface layer
  • NCEP 3-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Thermal diffusion land-surface
  • 25 km grid length, 31 vertical levels
 
 
 
Millersville University 25 km, east of Rocky's, 36 h, mass coordinate.
  • KF cumulus scheme
  • NCEP3 microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • Thermal diffusion scheme
 
 
 
University of Utah 12.5 km, wester US, 48 h, mass coordinate.
  • KF cumulus scheme
  • Ferrier microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • Thermal diffusion scheme
 
 
 
NSSL forecast 48 h WRF runs, 00 Z and 12 Z initialization,
  • Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • NCEP 3-class (simple ice) microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Thermal diffusion surface physics
  • 12 km grid length, 35 vertical levels
  • Time step 60 sec
High-resolution, 18 h WRF runs, 12 Z initialization,
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • Lin et al. microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • OSU LSM
  • 3 km grid length, 35 vertical levels
 
 
 
NCEP/EMC HiResWindow forecasts 8 km, eastern, central, western US, and Alaska WRF forecasts, 48 h, mass coordinate.
  • ETA TKE PBL scheme
  • Ferrier microphysics
  • GFDL longwave radiation
  • GFDL shortwave radiation
  • OSU land-surface model
  • 8 km grid length
 
 
 
AFWA forecast AFWA real time WRF forecast over North America, 48 h, 00 Z

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  • 3rd order Runge-Kutta dynamics
  • 19 km model top
  • KF convective parameterization
  • MRF PBL scheme
  • Lin et al. microphysics
  • RRTM longwave radiation
  • Dudhia shortwave radiation
  • Thermal diffusion surface physics
  • 45 km grid length, 41 vertical levels
  • Time step 150s
 
 
 
24 h precip maps Precipitation verification maps of several models (Eta, AVN, NCAR WRF, MM5) compared to analysis.
 
 
 
Precip Verification scores Precipitation verification scores comparing the NCEP Eta, the experimental NSSL KF Eta, and the NCAR WRF models.

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