WRF Tutorials ============= | | Tutorial Presentations ---------------------- Lectures given during WRF Tutorials are available in video and .pdf formats. Links to the .pdf formatted slides provide the most-recently updated full versions of these presentations, which was in July 2023, unless noted otherwise. Click the desired below links to access the presentations. | **Video Presentations** A set of recorded presentations are available from the WRF YouTube channel. This includes presentations on basic WRF and Weather Extremes. These lectures were recorded prior to the July 2020 tutorial, and therefore may have some outdated components, but the majority of the information remains unchanged. .. note:: Live presentations given during tutorials are not recorded. .. rst-class:: horizbuttons-primary-m * `Access recorded presentations on YouTube`_ | | WRF Modeling System (.pdf) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ `WRF Modeling System Overview`_ |br| `Real-data Case Initialization`_ |br| `Idealized Case Initialization`_ |br| `Running WPS and WRF`_ |br| `Nested Domains`_ |br| `Compiling WRF & WPS`_ |br| `Four-dimensional Data Assimilation (FDDA)/ Nudging`_ |br| `WRF Best Practices`_ |br| `Additional WRF Options`_ |br| `WRF Computation`_ |br| `WRF Computation (Older)`_ *(last updated Jan 2021)* |br| `WRF Registry`_ *(last updated Jan 2021)* | WPS-specific Lectures (.pdf) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ `WPS Overview`_ |br| `WPS Advanced Features`_ | WRF Physics and Dynamics (.pdf) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ `Overview of Physical Parameterization`_ |br| `Convective Physics`_ |br| `Radiation Physics`_ |br| `Surface Physics`_ |br| Microphysics_ |br| `PBL & Turbulence Physics`_ |br| `WRF Dynamics`_ | Graphics, Tools, and Data (.pdf) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ `Post-processing with WRF-python`_ |br| `Post-processing with VAPOR`_ |br| `Post-processing with NCL`_ *(last updated Jan 2021)* |br| `Data, Utilities, and Other Post-processing`_ |br| `Verification of WRF Simulations`_ | | | .. _`Access recorded presentations on YouTube`: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoB-6khD8q8a0YSNffwFEw .. _`WRF Modeling System Overview`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_overview.pdf .. _`Real-data Case Initialization`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/real_case_initialization.pdf .. _`Idealized Case Initialization`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/idealized_initialization.pdf .. _`Running WPS and WRF`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/running_wrf_wps.pdf .. _`Nested Domains`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/nested_domains.pdf .. _`Compiling WRF & WPS`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/compiling.pdf .. _`Four-dimensional Data Assimilation (FDDA)/ Nudging`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/fdda_nudging.pdf .. _`WRF Best Practices`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_best_practices.pdf .. _`Additional WRF Options`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/additional_wrf_options.pdf .. _`WRF Computation`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_computation.pdf .. _`WRF Computation (Older)`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_computation_older.pdf .. _`WRF Registry`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/registry.pdf .. _`WPS Overview`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wps_overview.pdf .. _`WPS Advanced Features`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wps_advanced_features.pdf .. _`Overview of Physical Parameterization`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/overview_physical_parameterization.pdf .. _`Convective Physics`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/convective_physics.pdf .. _`Radiation Physics`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/radiation_physics.pdf .. _`Surface Physics`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/surface_physics.pdf .. _Microphysics: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/microphysics.pdf .. _`PBL & Turbulence Physics`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/pbl_turbulence_physics.pdf .. _`WRF Dynamics`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/dynamics.pdf .. _`Post-processing with WRF-python`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_python.pdf .. _`Post-processing with VAPOR`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/vapor.pdf .. _`Post-processing with NCL`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/ncl.pdf .. _`Data, Utilities, and Other Post-processing`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/data_utilities_pp.pdf .. _`Verification of WRF Simulations`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/wrf_verification.pdf Presentations from Tutorials Prior to 2021 ------------------------------------------ Prior to January 2021, presentations were kept for each tutorial. If interested in the slides from a specific tutorial, `see Archived Tutorials`_. .. note:: Note that there was no tutorial in July 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | | | .. _`see Archived Tutorials`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tutorial/archived_presentations.html Tutorial Participant Group Photos --------------------------------- Click the below links to access the WRF Tutorial participant group photos from tutorials over the years. .. csv-table:: :escape: \ :header: Year, Winter, Summer 2023, `January 2023 (1)`_ |br| `January 2023 (2)`_, No picture available 2022, `January 2022 (1)`_ |br| `January 2022 (2)`_, `July 2022`_ 2021, `January 2021`_, `July 2021 (1)`_ |br| `July 2021 (2)`_ 2020, `January 2020`_, No summer 2020 tutorial 2019, `January 2019`_, `July 2019`_ 2018, `January 2018`_, `July 2018`_ 2017, `January 2017`_, `July 2017`_ 2016, `January 2016`_, No picture available 2015, `January 2015`_, `July 2015`_ 2014, `January 2014`_, `July 2014`_ 2013, `January 2013`_, `July 2013`_ 2012, `January 2012`_, `July 2012`_ 2011, `January 2011`_, `July 2011`_ 2010, `January 2010`_, `July 2010`_ 2009, `January 2009`_, `July 2009`_ 2008, `January 2008`_, `July 2008`_ 2007, `January 2007`_, `July 2007`_ 2006, `January 2006`_, `July 2006`_ 2005, `October 2005`_, `July 2005`_ .. _`January 2023 (1)`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2023_1.jpg .. _`January 2023 (2)`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2023_2.jpg .. _`January 2022 (1)`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2022_1.jpg .. _`January 2022 (2)`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2022_2.jpg .. _`January 2021`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2021.jpg .. _`January 2020`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/site_linked_files/tutorials/class_pics/jan2020.jpg .. _`January 2019`: 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