WG1
Numerics & Model Dynamics

        Chris Davis (lead)
          NCAR/Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Division

        Jennifer Mahoney
          NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory

        Ying Lin
          NOAA/NCEP

        Fred Carr
          OU/Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms

        Bob Craig
          Air Force Weather Agency

        Mark Swenson
          Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center

        Jeffrey Lerner
          Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center

        Stan Trier
          NCAR/Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Division

Mission:

This mission of this working group can be summarized in terms of two main objectives, testing and verification. The mission for model testing is to create a suite of tests of the WRF model for a range of idealized and real weather situations which will serve four purposes:

1. Provide a quick and easy-to-execute introduction to WRF and give an overview of the capabilities of the model. This is intended primarily for new users.
2. Provide a tool to quickly assess the effect of changes to the WRF model.
3. Provide a standard for testing of other weather prediction models.
4. Provide the framework for an educational tutorial on high-resolution weather prediction.