WRF Code Contribution
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The WRF Model reflects a tradition of code and feature contributions from the community. An important aspect of community support for WRF is to provide up-to-date and robust software to the scientific and research community. We strive to work with code contributors and make new capabilities available to the community.

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:ref:`WRF Code Contribution Process`




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WRF Code Contribution Process   
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#.   Developer contacts WRF Support and Development team by posting in the `WRF & MPAS-A Users Support Forum <https://forum.mmm.ucar.edu/>`_ to indicate their intent to contribute. 
#.   WRF Support and Development team reviews the intent statement and determines whether to approve.
#.   Developer modifies code
#.   Developer conducts thorough testing of code
#.   Developer composes adequate documentation for new/modified code
#.   Developer submits a pull request to the `WRF GitHub repository <https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF>`_
#.   WRF Support and Development team reviews the new code, evaluates, and processes the code commit request

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   Info for Contributors <code_contribution/info_for_contributors.rst>
   Code Repository & Management <code_contribution/code_repo_release_admin.rst>
   Physics Review Process <code_contribution/phys_review.rst>